Albert Einstein: The Size and Existence of Atoms
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Published on Mar 14, 2012
How do we know atoms exist? And just how big are they?
Pi day (3.14) is Albert Einstein's Birthday! To celebrate, we'll explain 4 of his most groundbreaking papers from 1905, when he was just 26 years old.
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Albert Einstein 1 month ago
Yep.
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Crystan 2 months ago
I had a brownian motion once. I'll never eat at that restaurant again.
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Zarnirox 3 days ago
Ok, that was the funniest damn thing a saw all day. XD
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Dislexicgamer 4 days ago
is your faverit scientist Einstein couse you have alot of vidios about him
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xseth1 4 days ago
Pretty much everyone, but pretty much everyone also knows that he defected from Germany because he disliked Germany.
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MrShijimaX 1 week ago
You're a regular.........Einstein? 
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fatchicken18 2 weeks ago
average
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fatchicken18 2 weeks ago
now its 241
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fatchicken18 2 weeks ago
We have microscopes that can look at atoms, PAY ATTENTION TO NOW (or 80 milliseconds in the past, as Vsauce said)
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floopsie666 2 weeks ago
you're fucking kidding right? we have photos of atoms and you still think we can only see cells..how fucking ignorant are you?
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PhysicsOfParkour 2 weeks ago
haha its easy because it has already been found out
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trejkaz 3 weeks ago
"In particular" ufufufufufu
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