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Old 23-July-2008, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Nereid View Post
Between the time when the 'missing energy' of certain beta decays was discovered and 1957, was the law of conservation of energy falsified?
I wouldn't call it falsified, but rather incomplete, as in we've noticed a hole in the jigsaw puzzle and haven't yet found the piece that fits rather than "The picture on the lid shows a cross-eyed kitten with a ball, why is this the empire State Building?".
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