Without them there would be no water or air or rocks, no stars and planets, no distant gassy clouds or swirling nebulae or any of the other things that make the universe so usefully material.

• 没有原子，就不会有水、空气、岩石，不会有恒星、行星，也不会有高空的云层和变幻的星云，或其他任何使宇宙更物质化的物质。