Puzzle Description:

This puzzle is in response to Teresa K's #6308 puzzle. As I was solving her puzzle, I came up with this idea. The four fundamental forces are still represented - just in a more destructive manner. :) A nuclear explosion represents the weak interaction as a lot of neutrinos are released as a result. A lightning bolt represents the electromagnetic force. A spiral galaxy with a black hole in the center of it devouring nearby stars represents the gravitational force. A beam of protons colliding with each other in a particle accelerator represents the strong force showing how even it can be overcome allowing the protons to be broken into smaller particles.

#1: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jul 16, 2009

Very fun, Gator!

Nice, challenging puzzle, and a cool idea.

But why did I think bigger Gator puzzles sounded like a good idea? There goes another hour or so.

Sometimes we have ideas that sound good, but when put into practice, do not turn out how we think they would have. :)

Wow, not what I was expecting! I haven't done Teresa's puzzle yet, but I assumed the 4 forces were the 4 classical Greek elements. I couldn't figure out how each image corresponded to one of those elements, though. I was very surprised to see it based on modern, not ancient, physics! I should have known, since you said forces, not elements, but I never expected the weak interaction to show up in a PBN. :) A real "nerd puzzle" (and I say that in a complimentary sense).

I found this puzzle quite difficult. If you are stuck, all I can say is keep counting those little 1s and 2s, line by line, and don't give up. It is doable!

#4 - I do take that as a compliment as I've always considered myself a "nerd". :)

Not very hard, actually. Now THAT is what surprised me about this Gator puzzle.

Ok now where is my expect STAR WARS puzzle here ????

great job Gator took me by surprise but a great result

#7 - We will see about the next one. :)
#8 - Since this was a result of doing Teresa's puzzle, I figured I needed to have a Star Wars title also.

Enjoyed this very much!

very fun puzzle to solve

Thanks!

Fun puzzle to solve. And a very interesting concept to think about once it is done.

I really enjoyed the solving of this puzzle and the concepts it represents. Very, very interesting. Well done!

Always a pleasure solving a Gator.

Thanks!

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