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The Millie Micro Nano Pico series

Millie micro nano pico is a series of witty educational stories about the subatomic world that introduce a few basic concepts of quantum physics. The magic words "Millie micro nano pico" are used by Millie, the pussycat, to become small enough to play with elementary particles such as electrons, pho...…
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The Millie Micro Nano Pico series

Elementary particles

Around 2,500 years ago, the Greek philosophers Leucippus and Democritus suggested that matter (= everything that has weight and takes up space) is made up of extremely small building blocks surrounded by empty space. These fundamental elements, which contained no smaller components within...…
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Elementary particles

Nobel prize winners

Nobel Prize in Physics - 1906 Joseph John Thomson: discovery of the electron. Nobel Prize in Chemistry - 1908 Ernest Rutherford: discovery of the nucleus. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 Albert Einstein: explanation of the photoelectric effect described in Book 3. Nobel Pri...…
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Nobel prize winners

Quantum Physics quirks

Scientists were really confused when they discovered how tiny things, like electrons and photons, behave. It was like they had stumbled into a strange new world where the rules they knew no longer worked! Here are some of the surprises they found: 1. Wave or Particle? Both! Scientists though...…
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Quantum Physics quirks