Quote: the resistance of atoms to compression is a quantum-mechanical effect

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So now we understand why we do not … the floor with its mass of atoms. In … and, by the uncertainty principle, their momenta would … compression is a quantum- mechanical effect and not … and protons closer together, the energy would be … all on top of each other. This was …   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: classically, the minimum energy for positive and negative charges in a collection of atoms is all on top of each other; this was a puzzle

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