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The second of Albert’s papers was published

just a little over a month later on July 18. It
discussed the way particles move within

different situations that surround them, such
as a dust particle within a ray of light. When

Albert observed particles moving in places where
they should have been still, he concluded that

tinier particles—atoms—were acting upon them.
Albert’s third paper, published on

September 26, offered revolutionary ideas
about the relationship between space and time.

IT’S ATOMIC!

In Albert’s second
“miracle year” paper, he
solved an old scientific
argument about whether
atoms really exist. It turns
out they do! Atoms are
the smallest part of any
element that still has all
the characteristics of
that element.
This is a drawing
of an atom.

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