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The resilience of matter's fundamental components

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Brad McFall
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05-21-2005 10:17 AM 		Reply to: Message 17 by Tony650
05-21-2005 10:12 AM

Re: Point-like particles
Not that this is going to help you get back up on this road, but Euclid says
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http://aleph0.clarku.edu/...e/java/elements/bookI/defI1.html
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a point is that which has no part.
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I often think/thought that a whole that has the parts equal to the whole is still a point.
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This was too philosophical for a person at Cornell.
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