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The Matter of Everything, with Suzie Sheehy

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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How to Visualize Subatomic Particles in a Moment

Even many physicists still despite knowing better think of subatomic particles and atoms as little balls how do you visualize subatomic particles or do you at all and is there a better way we should try to picture this scale of matter in the mind's eye or is it pointless to even try. The first time we were ever introduced to the concept of atoms and particles they were little hard spheres when you say protons and neutrons and electrons and the atom I haveI have a terrible picture in my head that's I know is completely wrong and yet it persists. This is a huge disservice that we do ourselves by persisting to describe them this way but here's key point about the models that

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