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Published on Apr 16, 2012

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Just how small are atoms? And what's inside them? The answers turn out to be astounding, even for those who think they know. This fast-paced animation uses spectacular metaphors (imagine a blueberry the size of a football stadium!) to give a visceral sense of the building blocks that make our world.

Lesson by Jonathan Bergmann, animation by Cognitive Media.

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  • Enoa7

    you forgot there are quarks inside the atoms lol

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  • So Fat

    1.stop download

    2.thats yo peepee! xD

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  • Marko Sekulic

    i was asking myself the same question :D i like that theory :D

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  • cjua2803

    thanks

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  • pandemonstrosity

    What if these atoms are just small universes made up of infinitely small universes? And our universe is just a part of an infinitely bigger universe and so on and so forth?!

    I just blew my mind...

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  • Xarras94

    There is no empty space in the universe :P Ok, ok it is video for small kids.

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  • iAmTheTrueSpaceman

    It's the best one people have right now.

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  • Davinder K

    Thank you.

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