Thursday, January 22, 2015

How small is an atom, really? (or how to make your head explode)

Source: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/how-atoms-are-so-weird-that-they-are-almost-impossible-1680999932

How small is an atom, really? (or how to make your head explode)

Kurzgesagt has a neat new explainer: "How small is an atom?" I watched it. It does a great job at giving you an idea of how small atoms are and how they work. But it doesn't matter, because my brain just plainly refuses to believe any of this. Hulk head hurt. Hulk smash atoms. Oops, Hulk make nuclear detonation.

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