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See how John Dalton built his atomic theory on principles laid out by Henry Cavendish and Joseph-Louis Proust
John Dalton and the development of the atomic theory.
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Know about the properties and ways to detect neutrinos
Learn about the properties and detection of a neutrino.
Video: © MinutePhysics (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Consider how Isaac Newton's discovery of gravity led to a better understanding of planetary motion
Isaac Newton's formulation of the law of universal gravitation.
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Understand the uncertainty principle as defined by the properties of waves
Learn about the uncertainty principle as defined by the properties of waves.
Video: © MinutePhysics (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Examine the application of Werner Heisenberg's uncertainty principle of subatomic particles
A video overview of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
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Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle accelerator....
© CERN
Rutherford atomic model
Physicist Ernest Rutherford envisioned the atom as a miniature solar system, with...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
electrons and positrons in a bubble chamber
Electrons and positrons produced simultaneously from individual gamma rays curl in...
Courtesy of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, the University of California, Berkeley
electromagnetic spectrum
The electromagnetic spectrum.
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proton-antiproton collision
Tracks emerging from a proton-antiproton collision at the centre of the UA1 detector...
David Parker—Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers
meson in a bubble chamber
The “footprint” of a D0 meson in a bubble chamber sensitive enough to...
Courtesy of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
James Chadwick
James Chadwick.
Mary Evans Picture Library/age fotostock
P.A.M. Dirac
P.A.M. Dirac.
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Werner Heisenberg
Werner Heisenberg.
Edo Koenig/Black Star
Murray Gell-Mann
Murray Gell-Mann.
Courtesy of the Santa Fe Institute
hadrons from quark and antiquark combinations
Combinations of the quarks u, d, and s and their corresponding...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Higgs boson
Event recorded in 2012 by the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) detector at the Large Hadron...
© 2012 CERN
matter-energy content of the universe
Matter-energy content of the universe.
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diffusion
Figure 10: Diffusive spread of a cloud of particles initially concentrated at a point....
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gamma ray
Electrons and positrons produced simultaneously from individual gamma rays curl in...
Courtesy of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, the University of California, Berkeley
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