Jostein GaarderA hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk. A carbon atom in my cardiac muscle was once in the tail of a dinosaur.
About This Quote
This statement was made to illustrate that the atom is the fundamental unit of all matter. The atomic unit is the fundamental unit of matter because it has neither mass nor volume, but only has energy. Without the atom, there would be no matter in our universe. The atomic unit can be found in every part of our bodies, from our hair to our fingernails.
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