Atom Quotes

“For the atom, speaking quite generally, is a complex system of electrons and atomic nuclei, and its properties are essentially determined by the laws of quantum mechanics.”

“To see the absurdity of the notions of the Epicureans, in supposing the world to be made by a fortuitous concourse of atoms... you need only to try to perform the meanest piece of work by the same principle.”

“Thus the atom is not the ultimate limit to the subdivision of matter.”