Photo: Niels Bohr's research notes for his new atomic theory Rutherford's find came from a very strange experience. Everyone at that time imagined the atom as a "plum pudding." That is, it was roughly ...
What is it that leads rather gifted children to become Einstein, Bohr, Rutherford or Heisenberg W , those great physicists of the 20th century? Biographies often reveal forks in the road, moments of ...
Skimming through the latest issue of CavMag – a glossy newsletter about the latest developments at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge – I at first thought I had misread an article that stated: “In ...
Our understanding of the quantum world began with Niels Bohr's discovery of the quantum atom in 1913. Bohr would be astounded by where his theory has since led, says Professor David Jamieson. Bohr's ...
The Bohr atom is unquestionably a landmark in the history of physics. A century after its publication, it has inspired a remarkably diverse and ever-growing field of research. But to fully grasp the ...
In 1911 the New-Zealand-born physicist Ernest Rutherford published a paper that was to revolutionize science. Rutherford’s famous alpha-particle scattering experiment transformed our understanding of ...
IN 1923, at the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Liverpool, Lord Rutherford announced, at the top of his enormous voice: “We are living in the heroic age of physics ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
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