Six Easy Pieces

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   If all scientific knowledge were lost and only one sentence could survive, the most useful one would be that everything is made of tiny, ever-moving atoms.

   Six Easy Pieces · 1994

   Everything in the universe is made of microscopic atoms that are constantly moving and interact by attraction and repulsion

   Feynman said water, air, and rocks look very different but are all made of tiny atoms that pull and push on each other. When it is hot, atoms move faster and bump harder. From this one idea alone, you can explain why ice melts or why smells spread through a room.

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