nucleus will twist while trying to hold onto its protons

Tags: atomic nuclei
Categories: Pseudo-explanations

An example of anthropomorphism in popular science writing:

"[Witold] Nazarewicz and his colleagues are mapping out the shape a nucleus will twist itself into while trying to hold onto its protons."

Kit Chapman

Chapman, K. (2019). Superheavy. Making and breaking the periodic table. Bloomsbury Sigma.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.