Notes from Tuesday 11/29/05
Einstein, Atoms and Strings
November 29, 2005
Physical Science
Mr. Harrelson
harrelson@skyhawkscience.com
“I soon learned to scent out what was able to lead to fundamentals and to turn aside from everything else, from the multitude of things that clutter up the mind.”
1905 – Brownian Motion
http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/brownian.htm
I. Background of Kinetic Thought on Atoms
a. Newton’s Motion
b. Problems
II. Robert Brown
a. Observations
b. Brownian Motion
III. Einstein
a. 1905
b. Research
c. Findings on atoms
d. Importance for atomic thought
IV. Impact
a. “Seeing” atoms
b. Development of current atomic models
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