Why does glass break into sharp pieces?
Glass Daggers
Why does glass break into sharp pieces?
You drop a glass. It hits the floor. And suddenly, there are a hundred glittering daggers scattered across the kitchen. Why does glass shatter into such wickedly sharp pieces instead of crumbling into harmless dust?
To understand sharp, we first need to understand smooth. Glass isn't like most solid things. When you make it, you melt sand until it flows like honey, then cool it down fast — so fast the atoms freeze in place before they can organize themselves into tidy rows. They're stuck in a jumbled traffic jam forever.
