... been around for 100 years. Discovered by Antoine Henri Becquerel in 1896, it was quickly studied by the scientific community. Albert Einstein formulated his "Theory of Relativity" in 1905, stating if mass could be transformed into energy, the energy liberated would be massive. Einstein's theory would be proved thirty-three years later by Otto Hahn, along with his partner Fritz Strassman ("World Mysteries ... we only recently began to understand the enormous power contained in these tiny molecules. This power has been put to use for peaceful purposes, however it still posses the threat A...

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