This page will explain how atoms work.

It is a bit more complicated than Leonardo's helicopter, but it is still simpler than one could expect.

This is a quark.

It is made of two electrons which become undetectable because of the powerful gluonic field.

Three quarks placed crosswise can transform into a neutron.

Note the pi / 2 phase offset in the center, where a positron can hide and transform the neutron into a proton.

Gabriel LaFreniere
On the Internet since September 2002. Last update October 10, 2008.