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the hoop creates a wave moving towards the center. The crossing of the two wave trains is a stationary wave. Electrons are therefore sta- tionary three-dimensional waves. Quarks are also stationary waves, but their “geographical” boundary is like one section of an orange. Three quarks make up one orange, i.e., a proton or a neutron. More precisely, a stationary wave is the result of a function that is subject only to time divided by another that is only subject to space. Amaz- ingly, the velocity is zero at the node of these waves. If it is zero when time goes by, the space quanta a priori tend towards zero and the time quanta tend towards infinity. In the course of the twentieth century, we discovered that these small solid spheres (called particles, i.e., indivisible parts of matter) showed either corpuscular or wave behavior, but not both at the same time. If particles first resemble a solid sphere and then a wave without being either one, then what are they? They are quantum entities! We still have not made much progress. In absolute relativity, an atom is a fractal space-time unity. As strange as it may seem, an atom is an indivisible entity! It is not made of matter but of time and space intertwined within well- defined 1 vom 4 seat wants ae a c bounds! The layout of this space and this time defines the properties of an atom. This is a major conceptual leap. The more there is space, the less there is time, and vice versa. That is the fundamental principle of absolute relativity. This means time may even appear superimposed, as the previous figures have shown. How can time be superimposed? It may seem inconceivable, but that is the way it is. Let us see why. We are used to thinking of objects in terms of motion and separation. In a rectilinear and consistent motion, we have to select the duration depending on a given velocity to find out the distance covered by a body. The shorter the chosen time, the thought that time decreases over distance. Special relativity added the thought that time dilates as the object goes faster, in particular when it approaches the speed of light, in which case time diminishes much less fast. The distance diminishes correlatively. When physicians present a theory, they start by saying something like: “either a mass of particle m and..., etc.” They have already sepa- rated reality by designating the particle a separate being! The principle of absolute relativity, arguing that time increases when space dimin- ishes, whether there is motion or not, is amply justified by the fact that we must always consider the presence of structured natural wholes, The secret life of atoms 273 shorter the resultant distance. The act of measurement is based on the