screen, where there’s only one electron beam moving across that screen at any one moment, moving carefully and intentionally down the screen, zigzagging back and forth until it gets all the way down to the bottom, then starts all over again. It’s doing this so fast that you see a very believable image. So spheres are the primary component of the Reality we’re experiencing. Although an electron orbit describes a sphere, it can also describe other patterns, such as a figure eight. Physicists have been able to calculate this only for hydrogen, and so far they’re just guessing about the rest. An atom is called an ion if it has too many or too few electrons and has either a positive or a negative charge. So the primary characteristics of an atom are how big it is and what its charge is [Fig. 6-30]. These two main factors determine whether or not different atoms will fit together into molecules. There are other subtle factors involved, but size and charge are primary. Figure 6-31 shows how atoms combine. These were the primary patterns known for a long time, until they figured out about quasi crystals. The atoms on this chart have several varieties. A shows a linear pattern with a smallei atom in the middle. B shows a triangular pattern of three with a little atom in the middle. The little atom can literally either be there or not be there. C shows a tetrahedral pattern, with one atom in the middle, or not. D shows an octahedral pattern, and E shows a cubical pattern. Now, because of new scientific information, we can add icosahedral and dodecahedral patterns. Fig. 6-30. Sizes and charges of ions.
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