stackyFACTSCoulomb's law dictates that electric charges despise being near identical charges, but are hopelessly attracted to opposites.
Coulomb's law dictates that electric charges despise being near identical charges, but are hopelessly attracted to opposites. The sheer strength of this invisible push or pull drops off precisely with the square of the distance between them, proving that the universe heavily relies on rigid geometry. If you halve the distance between two protons, their mutual hatred doesn't just double; it mathematically quadruples in intensity.
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