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od on this page than there are stars in our gal axy. 10 The apple you hold,
the home you live in, your own body, and even the plan et you live on
are all com posed of atoms. Yet the bonds described above are noth ing
more than the move ments of abso lute ly minute elec trons. It is their
move ments that give rise to the air you breathe, the home you live in,
cats and dogs, the scents of flow ers, the taste of apples, the water you
drink, the enzymes in your body—in short, to every thing that exists.
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