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What famous slogan was created based on the last words of a condemned man?

American Gary Gilmore committed several robberies and murders and was sentenced to death in 1977. Before the execution, he was given the right to the last word, and Gilmour said: "Let's Do It" ("Just do it"). Subsequently, this phrase inspired Nike to create the famous slogan "Just Do It".

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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According to modern concepts, the main source of stellar energy is thermonuclear fusion reactions occurring in the interior of stars and accompanied by the release of a huge amount of energy. The main role here is played by the transformation of hydrogen (the most common element in the universe) into helium.

This process can go in two ways, the first of which is the sequential attachment of four protons (hydrogen nuclei) to each other and their union in a helium nucleus (proton-proton reaction).

The second way of the thermonuclear fusion process consists in the addition of protons to more complex nuclei, starting from the carbon nucleus, with the subsequent decay of the resulting new complex nucleus into a carbon and helium nucleus (carbon cycle).

The proton-proton reaction is critical at temperatures below 16 million Kelvin, at higher temperatures the carbon cycle predominates.

With an increase in temperature up to 100 million kelvin, energy can be released during the formation of carbon nuclei directly from helium nuclei (helium reaction).

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