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How small is an electron?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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How to Measure the Size of an Electron

Did you know there are Legos that are smaller than the single unit Lego? What? You would think the smallest Lego is just like one square with one circle on it, right? I think people have smashed the Legos together to make something like this. He discovered the constant between pieces of Legos. They make this kind of weird and probably not consequential. But they make smaller pieces. It's hard to talk about the size of a single particle if you haven't measured the stuff inside of it.

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