Solved cryptogram
A radioactive atom has no age and no schedule. A half-life is a statement about crowds.
Physics Facts, sourced to HyperPhysics, Georgia State University.
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What it means
An atom that has sat unchanged for a billion years is no likelier to decay in the next second than one made this morning. There is no aging and no countdown inside it, only a fixed chance per unit of time. That is exactly what makes the bulk behavior so reliable: across enough atoms the randomness averages out into a smooth curve, and the curve is what dates a piece of charcoal or a rock.
The claim comes from HyperPhysics, Georgia State University.
- SourceHyperPhysics, Georgia State University
- CollectionPhysics Facts
- Difficultymedium
- Length69 letters, 19 unique
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