Question

If the size of a nucleus (in
the range of 10 raise to -15 to 10 raise to-14 m) is scaled up
to the tip of a sharp pin , what roughly is
the size of an atom? Assume tip of the pin
to be in the range 10 raise to -5 m to 10 raise to -4 m.​

Answer 1

Answer:

the huge space-ship Arcturus accelerated for Mars, suddenly it was attacked by unknown beings from the depths of space. When Stevens switched on the view-plate, he saw:

The entire nose of the gigantic craft had been sheared off in two immense slices as though clipped off by a gigantic sword, and the severed slices were drifting slowly away. Stevens made out a relatively tiny ball of metal at a distance of perhaps a mile from the vessel; from this ball there shot a blinding plane of light, and the Arcturus fell apart at the midsection. Then the attacker began slicing the lower half into thin, disk-shaped sections, its incandescent plane of destruction accompanied by a pyrotechnic display of severed and short-circuited high-tension leads....