Sunday, January 31, 2010

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Someone has blown up an atom.

Oh, not in a bomb kind of way. They decided to make a web page model and blow up an electon to the size of a single pixel.

http://www.phrenopolis.com/perspective/atom/#electron


A scroll bar slide runs along the bottom. It is easy to miss because it almost looks empty, but if you use it, you can take a virtual journey from a hydrogen proton out to its encircling electron. As the disclaimer warns, the scenery along the way is pretty bleak. Even once you are there, there isn't much to see. It's nothing that is important. I mean, it's nothing that is important.

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