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Atoms were originally proposed as an idea. Although their presence was proved by various means, people did not think that they could see them directly. This was so until recently. We are now able to directly see atoms by employing powerful microscopic techniques.

— C. N. Ramachandra Rao Understanding Chemistry (1999)

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The only part of the early concept of the elements that has survived is that elements have distinctive properties.

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It is only since 1911 that we know that atoms contain negatively charged electrons and positively charged nuclei.

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Philosophers of ancient Greece and India sought an answer to this question [What is matter made of] centuries before Christ.

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My hero is Nobel Laureate Neville Mott who published four papers at the age of 92 when he died.

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