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THE MAGNIFICENT HARMONY BETWEEN
PROTONS AND ELECTRONS

The Harmony in Electric Charges

In terms of both mass and volume, protons are much larger
than electrons. A proton’s mass is 1,836 times that of an electron.
To make the comparison more visual, if an electron were the size
of a hazelnut, a proton would be the size of a human being. In
other words, electrons and protons are highly dissimilar.
Interestingly, though, they carry equal electrical charges, ex-

cept that one is positive the other negative, such that an atom’s
electrical charges are balanced. Nothing forces or requires this
equality: If anything, their electric charges should reflect their re-
spective physical characteristics; i.e., the electron’s charge

The masses of protons
and electrons—the basic
particles which make up
the atom—are very dif-
ferent. Yet miraculously,
their electrical charges
have been created
equally in number. This
extraordinary harmony
is most important to
maintaining equilibrium
in the universe in which
we live.

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