Answer both questions with a minimum of 70 words per question:
1) Read the website describing the science behind the atomic bomb. Describe the difference between nuclear fusion and fission. Which process makes a "better bomb?"
2) The use of gunpowder changed the nature of warfare and played a significant role in the transformation of European Society. Yet in China, its land of origin, gunpowder did not have this effect. Why do you think this is so? What possible differences existed between Medieval Europe and Traditional China?