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How the radial wave function transformed physics

5 hours ago Matter is a lush tapestry, woven from a complex assortment of threads. Diverse subatomic particles weave together to fabricate the universe we inhabit. But a century ago, people believed that matter was so simple that it could be constructed with just two types of subatomic fibers — electrons and protons. That vision of matter was a no-nonsense plaid instead of an ornate brocade. Physicists of the 1920s thought they had a solid grasp on what made up matter. They knew that atoms co...

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