Atomic physics

A Century of Physics By the end of the nineteenth century after more than two thousand years of intellectual struggle that began with the Greek philosophers, physical scientists had reason to believe that they were beginning to understand the universe. Their theories of matter and energy, of electricity and magnetism, of heat and sound and light were confirmed in laboratories throughout the world with increasing precision. Experimentation was the method and mathematics the language of a

focuses on the historic period from the 30s till the end of the World War II. A common American post-student wants to become a scientist. He has nothing except his talent, courage, patience, persistence, and strong will to devote his life to physics. On obtaining his diploma and his appointment as an assistant and teacher in the University of Columbia, he spent his summer washing dishes, working at a gas station in a place with a significant name High Hope. He found by chance that he had taken

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science” (Einstein). As stated in this quote, Albert Einstein was a thinker of great proportions, and he accomplished many feats. The physicist was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany, and he passed away April 18, 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey. He made large changes across the world especially in the United States of America. His advancements in experimental theories, involvement in WWI, and in

lawyer. Later on, he started to loose interest in legal matters and found science much more interesting. He spent a large amount of time studying the subjects of mathematics and physics. In 1803, Avogadro published his first scientific paper with his brother Felice. In 1806, at the age of 30 he started teaching math and physics at a high school in Turin and later in

Throughout history atomic theory has been developed. One that stands out to me is Albert Einstein, but how did he have a part in this Armageddon. Many people contributed to this theory such as Democritus, James Chadwick, Antoine Lavoisier, Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg and many more. The first evidence of atomic theory came from ideas of Chinese, Egyptians and Greek thinkers. (americans) Albert Einstein was a brilliant theoretical physicist and had many hypothesis throughout his life time. In this

chemistry. Bohr, along with his younger brother, grew up in a genius environment due to his father’s profession in physics. While growing up in a education packed home, his father’s profession awakens a potential career ideal for Bohr. Soon after graduating from Gammelholm Grammar School in 1903, he enrolls at Copenhagen University. While attending Copenhagen, he earns a degree in Physics under Professor C. Christiansen in 1909, as well as obtains his doctorate two years later. Not only does Bohr try

accept him. But because since his math and physics scores were so high on the exam, once he finished high school he would be immediately accepted. So Einstein went back to high school in Aarau. As a talented adult, Einstein would go on to do magnificent

William Crookes contributed to the new fields of physics and chemistry that emerged in the late 19th century. Crookes’ analysis of the photographic process in the 1850s inspired his work in the science of spectroscopy. Using techniques of spectroscopy, Crookes discovered the element thallium, which won him election to the Royal Society. His efforts in discovering the weight of thallium in an evacuated chamber led to his research in vacuum physics. At the age of sixteen Crookes entered the Royal College

became on of the most popular scientists in history.From the theory of relativity to the atomic bomb he was an amazing scientist.Albert Einstein created many theories about physics that helped solve many problems in the field by using hard work and determination to overcome challenges and change the way the study was viewed over time. Albert Einstein created many new concepts and theories that changed physics forever.Probably the most famous is the theory of relativity.This theory made by Einstein

Discovery Bohr was one of the fortunate scientist to have been born in a period to where concepts of the atomic theory have been discovered. Such as the discovery of an electron by J.J. Thomson(when Bohr was 12), Albert Einstein’s ‘barrage of new ideas’ in 1905(Bohr being at the age of 19, working on his gold winning research), as well as the discovery of the atomic nucleus, by Ernest Rutherford(when Bohr was at the age of about 23). All of these discoveries, were the key to developing Bohr’s interest