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The Atom

Knowledge of the atom is basic to all of the sciences. Use this program in any science course to help students learn what an atom is and what it means in human terms today.

Part 1. How We Found Out About Atoms. Tells the dramatic story of humankind's search for the ultimate unit of matter. We begin in ancient Greece, and end with the 20th century revolution of Bohr, Einstein and Curie.

Part 2. What Is an Atom? Gives the student a clear, dramatic picture of what we know and what we don't know about atoms today.

In The Atom the keys to scientific literacy include: accelerator, alpha particle, atom, Avogadro's hypothesis, Big Bang, Niels Bohr, Brownian movement, Marie Curie,John Dalton, DNA, ecology, electrons, elements, fiber optics,fission, fusion, helium, hydrogen, isotopes, Lavoisier,Mendeleev, molecule, neutrons, nuclear energy, oxygen, periodic table, Priestley, protons, quarks, radioisotopes, radium,Rutherford, spectral lines, uranium, x-rays.

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Closed Captioned. Updated 2004. Secondary, College.
ISBN 1-55979-094-6

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If you are interested in The Atom, we might suggest the following programs:

114 Radiation
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301 Mysteries of the Atom
601 Modern Physics: An Introduction
187 A Brief History of Physics

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