:46:17
Music is lovely, isn't it?
:46:19
Yes. Thank you.
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Pierre.
:46:27
Yes.
:46:27
Would you hate to get back?
:46:29
In a way, although I have a lot
of work that I must do.
:46:36
What should I work on, Pierre?
:46:38
What subject should I choose for
my doctors degree?
:46:41
Is there anything that
particularly interests you?
:46:43
Oh, yes. Yes, a number of things
but...
:46:51
What is it? Why did you stop?
:46:54
Oh, nothing.
:46:55
It's just an idea that
went through my mind.
:46:58
Well, what was it?
:47:00
Do you remember that
Professor Becquerel showed us that rock
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The pitch blende and the plate he
exposed to it?
:47:06
Yes.
:47:08
You know, Pierre.
:47:09
I can't get that out of my mind.
:47:12
Really? Why?
:47:13
I know it's true
that the rays give...
:47:15
not by something
in the pitch blende
:47:18
I can't get over the feeling
that there's more to it than that
:47:21
that there's something else
:47:24
something beyond
Becquerel's explanation.
:47:27
I don't quite understand.
:47:31
Well, what are these rays
that given off
:47:34
and why are they being given off.
:47:35
It's an accepted principle
in science
:47:37
that nothing can go on forever
:47:39
without running dull, isn't it?
Yes.
:47:41
I mean, the clock will run dull
if it isn't wound.
:47:43
Afire would burn out if it's not
replenished.
:47:45
Life will die if it is inflate.
:47:48
Yet in these rocks
which are embedded
:47:50
in the middle of the earth
millions of years
:47:53
never seen the sun
:47:55
Rays are constantly given off
more all by themselves.