His professional scientific career started when he was 25 ( 8 May 1948 ) when he published the article " Emission of Li8 in the Explosive Disintegration of Nuclei " with R . M . Payne in the science magazine " Nature ".
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These droplets are characterized internally by very high residual stresses, which give rise to counter-intuitive properties, such as the ability to withstand a blow from a hammer or a bullet on the bulbous end without breaking, while exhibiting explosive disintegration if the tail end is even slightly damaged.