That one electron zigzagging back and forth 10 to the power of 80 times looks like all of the electrons in the universe. This winding river analogy is actually pretty useful.

The One Electron Universe The one electron universe is, among other things, one of the very few attempts to explain why all electrons are identical.

The One Electron Universe theory is exactly what it sounds like - the idea that every electron in the universe is the same electron. How could this be possible?

An atom consists of a heavy center, called the nucleus, made of particles called protons and neutrons. An atom has lighter ...

It's estimated that there are around 10 82 atoms in the observable universe. With each element in the periodic table containing at least one electron, you can therefore safely assume there are at ...

The Universe is electrically neutral, with one electron to cancel out the charge of every proton in the Universe, and the nuclear forces are extremely short-range, failing to extend beyond the ...

When it comes to astronomical questions, it doesn't get much bigger than the one Numberphile recently attempted to answer: How many particles in the universe? Given that an estimated five trillion ...

The conclusion was stunning, but he developed the “one-electron universe” postulate in 1940 to describe one electron bouncing forward and backward in time, changing directions.

After approximately 32,000 years, the Universe cools enough so that one electron can start binding to a helium nucleus.