Democritus also thought they would be different shapes depending on the substance, like that metal atoms would have interlocking hooks, which was supposed to explain why it was so durable.
It’s funny that we tend to start with him. Like, here’s the first person who thought substance had an indivisible component. Imagine the smallest thing you can. Nothing gets smaller. Except forget that immediately, because yes it does.
Democritus also thought they would be different shapes depending on the substance, like that metal atoms would have interlocking hooks, which was supposed to explain why it was so durable.
It’s funny that we tend to start with him. Like, here’s the first person who thought substance had an indivisible component. Imagine the smallest thing you can. Nothing gets smaller. Except forget that immediately, because yes it does.
Different shapes would have been cool, but they’re all just made out of maths
Now there’s the Planck Length tho