atoms are the bricks of the physical environment

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An example of a metaphor used to explain science:

"Atoms, we now know, are the bricks of our physical environment."

Michael Brooks

From Brooks, M. (2017). The Quantum Astrologer's Handbook

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.