#physic #computing Last modified date: 2022-12-15 18:17 Commit: 1 Created at 2022-12-15 # [Anonymous feedback](https://www.admonymous.co/louis030195) # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought #to-digest # Related - [[Energy]] - [[Nuclear energy]] - [[Atomic Energy]] - [[Infinite recursion]] # TODO > [!TODO] TODO # The nuclear bomb is a recursive function Having heard lately about the "mother of the nuclear bomb" [[Lise Meitner]], it reminded me of the chain reaction happening in the nuclear bomb, and this chain reaction is a kind of recursive function. ```py total_energy_released = 0 def fission(atom_a, atom_b, energy): # Now, IDK what is the return condition? Probably some fundamental limit return fission(atom_a, atom_b, ++energy) # Detonate the atom bomb fission(a, b, total_energy_released) # If you are still alive, print the total energy released print("My atom bomb released", total_energy_released) ``` ![[Pasted image 20211119082845.png]]