Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of the atom is talking moonshine
- Ernest RutherfordEven if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena themselves, supported by many other arguments, that the universe was certainly not created for us by divine power: it is so full of imperfectio
- LucretiusThe atoms become like a moth, seeking out the region of higher laser intensity.
- Steven Chu