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No one has ever seen an atom.

Which is not too surprising, when you consider that the shortest wavelength of light

that our eyes can detect is more than 1,400 times the covalent radius (the "size") of

the largest atom. To see an atom in visible light would be like trying to feel the outline

of a mosquito by brushing it with a feeler the size of a person.

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