Categories: Pseudo-explanations
An example of anthropomorphism in popular science writing:
"Fat Man was the code name for the plutonium bomb's design, which was bulbous because it needed to implode inward to work – something a uranium bomb didn't need to worry about."
Kit Chapman
Chapman, K. (2019). Superheavy. Making and breaking the periodic table. Bloomsbury Sigma.
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