But growth requires a seed, and the heart of the creative process lies in the production of the original fertile nucleus from which growth can proceed.

可是萌芽生长需要种子，而创造过程的核心也在于形成最 初的丰实的胚胎，使成长得以进行。

In alpha decay, there’s a parent nucleus – which is the original, unstable nucleus – and it decays into a daughter nucleus and an alpha particle, which is actually just the nucleus of a Helium atom.

在 alpha 衰变中，有一个母核——它是原始的、不稳定的核——它衰变成一个子核和一个 alpha 粒子，它实际上只是一个氦原子的核。