DJBrokenHigh (September 7, 2008 at 4:15 am)

interesting

abbesieyes (September 7, 2008 at 4:12 am)

As growth, recursion and entropy are a given within this reality...the concept of the expansion of planets is not far fetched. And as they still have not formulated adequate explainations for simpler (and more mainstream) scientific phenomena...it is unreasonable to demand a complete explanation from neal. Save the sophistry and rhetorical tools for philosophy.

Diamonddavej (September 7, 2008 at 2:19 am)

Neal "The outer area of meteorites are covered by DETRIS! DO THE EXPERIMENT IN YOUR MIND." Better still - There is a computer program (BYOA - BUILD YOUR OWN ASTEROID) that demonstrates the accretion, thermal heating, melting and differentiation of asteroids - its used for classroom teaching in universities. BUILD YOUR OWN ASTEROID: A JAVA APPLET TO MODEL ASTEROID FORMATION. E. E. Palmer and C. A. Wood

Diamonddavej (September 7, 2008 at 2:09 am)

Neal, "There ARE ALWAYS Crystal latices, ALWAYS! There are SPACES" Yes, I agree that crystals grow on their outside - from magma, water solutions & gas. In the case of asteroids, these coalesced from interstellar dust. When the dust formed asteroids >10km, they melted (due to the observed high abundance of heat generating short-lived radioactive elements). The crystals of most asteroids formed from the slow cooling of liquid magma.

Diamonddavej (September 7, 2008 at 1:56 am)

Neal, I started getting interested in science at the age of 3. I watched Open University Programs (science education) on BBC TV. My two childhood interests are mineralogy and astronomy. My class mates called my The Little Professor. Oliver Sacks wrote a great book - Uncle Tungsten, in which he described his childhood passion for Chemistry. Its a pity you cant get good chemistry sets these days. Everybody is too safety conscious & its blamed for the lack of chemistry students.

MorituriMax (September 7, 2008 at 1:55 am)

nah, inviting neal over for dinner would be like watching the girls next door. I could feel my brains leaking out of my head the whole time he was talking. In fact, I'd rather watch Michio Kaaku lecture on String Theory than the girls next door get undressed. Boring! That's about how I rate neal's "ideas." But heck I'm always learning something new from Dave, Stimulus, Engin, and the others who are actually competent to discuss physics, geology, and such.

nealadamsdotcom (September 7, 2008 at 1:51 am)

Diamonddave The physics demand and require this action, There ARE ALWAYS Crystal latices, ALWAYS! There are SPACES. Atoms ARE ATTRACTED BY GRAVITY! Atoms will attach at the TIPS OF Crystal structures, more easily when there is space. The outer area of meteorites are covered by DETRIS! DO THE EXPERIMENT IN YOUR MIND.

nealadamsdotcom (September 7, 2008 at 1:43 am)

foundation, I always loved science. (Mr Wizard,) I had a library on the corner of my block. (Coney Island) After school I would stop off and sit for an hour or two reading science text books, for the experiments! It was like reading mystery stories, for me. I applied the science in my art and writing. I took all the science that I could. I was becoming confused and angered by the insane Physics of the Pangea theory. Then came Sam Carey, and the Expanding Earth theory. Satified art and science

Diamonddavej (September 7, 2008 at 1:37 am)

Neal, What you read the scientists paper that investigate the question, you will find that atoms do not flow in/out of crystals. - Only under extreme heat and pressure (as your rightly point out) do non-bonded Nobel Gases leak out of crystals latices very slowly like Helium party balloon slowly deflating (which we have have all seen, helium is a tiny atom). The idea that atoms easily flow along crystal latices and make crystals grow is extremely incorrect.

foundationandempire (September 7, 2008 at 1:34 am)

well if you live in the new york area , invite neal over for dinner with your parents, if nothing else the discussion should be lively