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Think about the way a building, like a house, is constructed.

You've got outer walls made of materials like brick or wood, with openings built in or cut in for windows,

which are frames that hold panes or sheets of glass.

Windows make a home feel bright, warm, and welcoming, because they let sunlight enter.

But why should a glass window be any more transparent than the wood or brick that surrounds it? After all, both

materials are solid and both keep out rain, snow, and wind. Yet wood is opaque and blocks

light completely, while glass is transparent and lets sunshine stream through unimpeded.

You may have heard some people and even some science textbooks try to explain this by saying

that wood is a true solid and that glass is a highly viscous liquid.

They go on to argue that the atoms in glass are spread farther apart and that these gaps

let light squeeze through.

They may even point to the windows of

centuries old houses, which often look wavy and unevenly thick, as evidence that the windows

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