Was Spider-man bitten by a radioactive spider?
Yes, in the fictional story line. he was working in a lab with a microscope and observing a nuclear reaction. By l96l science standards this was physically impossible. It is possile to visualize nuclear reactions on a spinthariscope- and one could be fitted to a microscope, say, focussed on a slide containing, for example uranium. Int he story line they showed stylized Rutherford-Bohr atoms symbole splitting and as stated owing to size reasons this is impossible to see with even an electronic microscope, barring possible something special in the defense field. The Spinthariscope which permits viewing of scintillations (Flashes of light) caused by radioactive action, was invented in l903 by Sir William Crookes. it is going out of accuracy range to say swuch a device permits viewing of splitting atoms but this is a very poular an inaccurate analogy. Spinthariscopes were sold with some chemistry sets inthe ealry sxities with the tag lie- see splitting atoms! way out in left field! See tra
