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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
We nuclear types, on the other hand, know that electrons are so light that they can be neglected in the bigger scheme of life.

Ah, the Born-Oppenheimer approximation. Life is one place where electrons cannot be neglected. The nucleus provides the well, but the electrons do the work.

137 posted on 12/08/2001 4:27:49 PM PST by Faraday
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To: Faraday
"Ah, the Born-Oppenheimer approximation...."

I was a born optimpenheimistic .... Life is always good.

143 posted on 12/08/2001 4:32:25 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE
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