how do people split atoms if no one has ever seen one ? :)

Question: how do people split atoms if no one has ever seen one ? :)

Asked by samkingx to MarkF on 15 Jun 2010 in Categories: Your Research.
- Mark Fogg answered on 15 Jun 2010:
  
  You can see atoms quite easily. I see them very regularly when I’m trying to work out the position of every atom in a molecule, I have pictures to prove it.

Question: how do people split atoms if no one has ever seen one ? :)