energy levels are atomic fingerprints

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An example of a metaphor in popular science writing:

"Chemical elements are made of atoms, and one of the fingerprints of a specific type of element is the set of energy levels occupied by the electrons inside its atoms."

Andrew May

May, A. (2019). Astrobiology. The Search for Life Elsewhere in the Universe. Icon Books Ltd.

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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.