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Why elementary?

Particles work more or less like matryoshka dolls, the wooden dolls that can be opened and contain smaller and smaller dolls inside. The smallest one is a whole piece, not openable like an elementary particle, also called a fundamental particle. In Book 8, Millie tries to break an electron...…
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Why elementary?

Why do Millie meet electrons first?

Electrons were discovered before other elementary particles. Joseph John Thomson demonstrated their existence in 1897, and for this, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906. To learn more, read the story of the discovery of the electron.
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Why do Millie meet electrons first?

Is Millie a real pussycat?

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Is Millie a real pussycat?

What are Bosonville and Fermioncity?

The article on elementary particles explains that there are two types of particles: bosons and fermions. Bosons are named after the Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose, and fermions after Enrico Fermi, one of the greatest Italian physicists. In Millie’s adventures, fermions live in Fermioncity, a...…
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What are Bosonville and Fermioncity?

Wave or particle?

Thomas Young, a British scientist, was one of the first to explore this question. He invented the double-slit experiment to determine whether light behaves as a wave or as a collection of particles. The basic idea is to study a beam of objects whose nature is unknown and observe how they behave. T...…
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Wave or particle?