The energy from nuclear reactions can be astonishingly large (compared to, say, chemical reactions).
But atoms are really, really, really small.
people with good vision can probably see a single gold atom, I seem to remember that one useless fact about the smallest things we can see
Nope. Atoms are WAY too small to see, even with the most powerful optical microscopes.
You may be thinking of a human egg cell, which can be seen with the naked eye.
A chicken egg cell can also be seen with the naked eye
I remember growing up as a kid, doing my time in Sunday School, and getting this story pitched as “Wise King Solomon ferret’s out the truth of maternity by determining which claimant truly cares about the life of the child”.
It’s kinda crazy how the story has permuted into “Two women fight over a thing and both agree splitting it in half is the fair solution.”
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