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Poetry in motion (Posted on 2004-03-25) Difficulty: 3 of 5
I die half my life and live the rest.
I dance without music and breathe without breath.

What am I ?

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Solution I die half my life | Comment 33 of 152 |

That just has to be a reference to the half-life of a subatomic particle.

Dancing without music is Brownian motion. Radiation is breathing without breath.

Do you want to see poetry in motion? Click here:

http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/more_stuff/Applets/brownian/brownian.html

That just has to be the official solution.

 

 

Edited on April 16, 2004, 8:38 am
  Posted by Penny on 2004-04-16 08:36:11

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