The Evidence for Modern Physics

Do You Believe In Atoms? (1x1)

Air date: Sep 01, 2021

Dr. Lincoln opens the course with the observation that all matter is made of atoms. But how do we know? The atomic hypothesis goes back to antiquity, although that was just an inspired guess. Survey the contributions of later scientists such as John Dalton and Albert Einstein. Discover why atoms are invisible to light microscopes, but not to the scanning transmission electron microscope.