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• The Sun as seen from Earth
  
  
• Helmhotz and Kelvin
  
  
• Show the Firesyringe; then the video of Kelvin Helmholtz contraction heating - adiabatic compression . . Show firesyringe_short02.mp4 with VLC payer.
  
  
• The Structure of the Nucleus
  
  
• Nuclear Fission and Fusion
  
  
• Hans Bethe and a H to He Fusion
  
  
• Proton-Proton Chain Diagram
  
  
• An animaiton of the proton-proton chain
  
  
• The mass of 1 Helium compared to 4 Hydrogens (load MassHeVsH.swf)
  
  
• E equals m c Squared from Einstein himself
  
  
• Two protons colliding
  
  
• The Solar Thermostat
  
  
• The Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen (CNO) Fusion Cycle
  
  
• The Triple Alpha Process: Helium Fusion
  
  
• Uranium chain reaction
  
  
• First Fission bomb test in 1945
  with J. Robert Oppenheimer's (Director of the Manhatten project) thoughts from about 20 years later.
  Have you see the movie Oppenheimer? . . an excellent movie; here's the trailer.
  
  
• A quick summary of the controlled fusion research . . (~2m37s)
  
• A really complete summary in the NYtimes . . maybe a case for optimism?
  
  
• The Solar Neutrino Problem and a new Neutrino Detector
  
  

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