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  • 01 Physics · August 2026 · 10 min

    Stop Drawing Me as a Little Ball

    A complaint from an electron. On being misdrawn in every textbook since 1913, being accused of caring whether you are looking, and the persistent rumour that I am in two places at once—which is not what I said, and is somehow less impressive than the truth.

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