Notes

CLASSICAL ORDERS
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
Tuscan
Composite (16th century Italian influence)
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APSIS (p. apsides)=Critical points

PREFIXES
Apo/ap=far
Peri=close

SUFFIXES
General=apsis/center
Earth=gee
Sun=helion
Galaxy=galacticon
Star=astron
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ALFRED NOBEL (1833-1896) (Swedish)
Studied nitroglycerin
Invented/patented dynamite

DYNAMITE
60% more energy density than TNT
From Greek "dynamis", meaning "power"

TNT (2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene)
C6H2(NO2)3CH3
Yellow
1 ton=4.184 gigajoules (GJ)=1 gigacalorie (GC)
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TON (measurement)
Long ton (UK)=2240 lb=1016 kg (Imperial ton or weight ton)
Short ton (US)=2000 lb=907 kg
Metric ton=2204.6 lb=1000 kg (tonne)
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NEURALGIA

Trigeminal: (aka prosopalgia or Fothergill's disease) (TN)
Cranial nerve 5 (splits into ophthalmic, maxillary, mandibular); involves the latter two
Face/head

Atypical Trigeminal: (ATN)
Often misdiagnosed
Migraine, jaw pain (e.g. temporomandibular joint dysfunction)

Glossopharyngeal:
Cranial nerve 9
Throat and ears

Occipital:
Upper neck, back of head
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AUSTRALIA

States:
New South Wales (NSW)
Queensland (QLD)
Victoria (VIC)
South Australia (SA)
Western Australia (WA)
Tasmania (TAS)

Mainland Territories:
Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
Northern Territory (NT)

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park:
(NT) Uluru, AKA Ayers Rock = Sandstone
(NT) Kata Tjuta, AKA The Olgas (Mt. Olga is the highest peak)= Conglomerate (w/granite, basalt), matrix of sandstone
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GEOLOGY
Monadnock/Inselberg= Isolated rock mountain/knob/ridge rising from surrounding gently sloping/flat landscape
Bornhardt= (specific type of above) Bald, dome-shaped, steep-sided
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HAROLD UREY
Nobel Prize (Chem) 1934
Deuterium

HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
# of neutrons=name (Greek root)
0=protium (protos)
1=deuterium (deuteros)
D2O aka heavy water
2=tritium (tritos)

MUON-CATALYZED FUSION (μCF)
μ=mu (Greek letter m) as in micrometer (μm)
Muon:
Similar to electrons, 207x the mass
Replaces an electron, causes nucleus to compress 207x
Increases chance of fusion, so it can occur in lower temps

PATHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Water memory:
Jacques Benveniste (1988)
Water retains "memory" of previously dissolved substance after serial dilution
Cold fusion:
Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann (1989)
Electrolysis of heavy water (D2o) on surface of a palladium (Pd) electrode
Hope of low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR), energy benefit
Polywater:
Phase of water with high bp, low fp, high viscosity (like syrup)
Created by condensing/pushing water thru quartz capillary tubes
"Seed crystal" in normal water, causing it to change (chain rxn)
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KURT VONNEGUT (11-11-1922 to 4-11-2007)
Awarded masters in Anthropology by UChicago for "Cat's Cradle"; original thesis was rejected
In his work:
Kilgore Trout=unappreciated sci-fi author, sometimes interpreted as Vonnegut's alter ego
Ilium, New York=hometown of Billy Pilgrim (Slaughterhouse Five), Ilium may be a reference to "Troy" (a city in NY)

CAT'S CRADLE
Narrator=John, aka Jonah
Felix Hoenikker discovers ice-nine (similar to "polywater"), dies
Hoenikke children meet John, go to San Lorenzo (fictional poor Caribbean island w/dictator)
Natives practice Bokononism (created by Bokonon)
Official religion=Christianity, Bokononism is outlawed (everyone including dictator practices it) with execution by "the hook"
Dictator=President "Papa" Monzano
Ice-nine causes apocalypse, John survives, meets Bokonon in cave
Bokonon muses that if he were younger, he'd climb Mt. McCabe and leave a book about human stupidity at the top

SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE
Main (unreliable) narrator=Billy Pilgrim