Tag: Dalton

  • [Old] Chapter 4: The Hypothetical Atom [New Ch.8 V0.2.2]

    [Old] Chapter 4: The Hypothetical Atom [New Ch.8 V0.2.2]

    The story of the atom is a long and complex one. Their existence was hypothesised largely because they were easy to imagine and even easier to mathematize – as easy as one, two, three! They were generally considered to be very small, solid and like billiard balls in their collisions. Some believed that they possessed…

  • [Old] The Atom [New Ch.8 V0.1]

    [Old] The Atom [New Ch.8 V0.1]

    Dalton – Avogadro – Guy-Lusac – Mendeleyev – Becquerel – Curie – Ostwald – Einstein – quantum physics…