Evening star., 1928-11-18

| I'VE nave progressed in our scientific
research to the point where we can
count atoms. We can amplify and hear
the electric impact of single charged
atom from radioactive elements or
graphically record its arrival on spe-
| cial target. Under this system. the
atoms can be counted accurately one
by one.
Some years ago in the city of Paris
little Polish woman and her husband
toiled inc ncessantly over laboratory appa
ratus seeking a new clement. In poverty
but with grit and in true scientific spirit
they wrought their experiments which
yielded mere pinch of radium-na
lures most melodramatic atom. No
battle was ever more decisive or inn-
portant for mankind; no voyage of dis
covery fuller of treasure trove for
science and industry.
"Radium gave us our first vision OF
an element whose atoms were eXplod
ing uncontrollably. In a single gram.
many billions of atoms explode every
second, each shooting helium atom
nucleus $4,000 miles a second, or shoot
ing off electrons with nearly the speed
of light or emitting a new kind of high
frequency radiation called gamma rays,
to which iron is transparent as glass.
Each transmutation of radium atom
is accomplished by an explosion-11 in
all-after each of which the atom be-
comes a new element The radium
atom is like a Roman candle with its
blowout tube representing the atom of
lead. We thus gained our first sight
of transmitting atom. This particular
and the helium nucleus really serve as
building blocks in the manufacture of
atoms"
MR.. HUBBARD, in explaining that
AVA rhythm is the outstanding charac-
teristic of all space, referred during our
interesting interview to the old Chinese
philosophy which visualized nature and
its phenomena as the interplay of two
forces-Yano and Yin. Yang W. the
positive, Yin the negative. A single
wave is the picture symbol of this dual
istic, rhythmic theory of the cosmos.
A smooth, horizontal line means rest,
inaction. If something disturbs the
surface, it forms a wave and action be-
gins-an expanding r''' on a pond, a
sound wave in the air or light wave
to our eyes. The wave is the picture of
rhythm. Yang and Yin are the ORR
entail concerts of disturbing and a
restoring force designed to account for
all action in the universe.
"We are accustomed to twofold phi
losophies," remarked Mr.. Hubbard, "such
as body and soul, matter and energy,
right and left form and substance, day
and night, man and woman-mysti-
cism with a core of deep philosophy.
Nothing is simpler or clearer than the
idea of Yang and Yin of the ancient
philosopl~ of Yih King of 5000 years
ago: nothil more dramatic than the
interplay of two universal forces whose
combined action gives us the interest
ing drama CT life and existence. This
vast drama is set to rhvthm-the ebb
and flow of tide. the vital rhvthrs of
the heart beats, the lungs and hte diges-
tive perie-o Isis. The seasons come and
go, the sun rises and sets, the moon
woxes and waneS in rhythm to which
we tune our lives. In fact, some author
ity has said that the universe is made
up of electrons-units which form
atoms-and electric waves"
The Greek word atom means uncut
table or indivisible. Which indicates
that the atom when chri tened originally
was r1isnamed, for science has since