title: Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos
author:  Isaac Asimov 
description: Isaac Asimov authored over 400 books in a career that lasted nearly 50 years. As a leading scientific writer, historian, and futurist, he covered a variety of subjects ranging from mathematics to humor, and won numerous awards for his work.
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  ONE WORLD©
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A Sci-Fi Novella
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  J.BUCHANAN
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  INFINITE FICTION
  
  
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  Atoms or Adam, which came
  
  
  first? Atoms of course, they are the force behind the physical,
  
  
  making things visible. But one second preceding, Love was
  
  
  believing. This omnipotent force was God of course, creating the
  
  
  blueprint for existence and evolution.
  
  
  The actual fabric of
  
  
  space-time was conceived by the pure energy from a divine thought
  
  
  of Love. It exploded out from one point of singularity to form an
  
  
  unbelievably hot and dense soup of radiation. This sent out
  
  
  scolding quarks that suddenly burst into matter as the trillion
  
  