A World Within: the Search for Subatomic Particles
Overview
Although the concept of the atom dates back to ancient Greece and the scientist/philosopher Democritus (c. 460-370 B.C.) who defined atoms a...
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Subatomic Particles
For nearly a century after the English scientist John Dalton announced his atomic theory in 1803, the concept that matter consisted of atoms and that atoms were tiny, indivisible p...
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Subatomic Particles
Subatomic particles are particles that are smaller than an atom. Historically subatomic particles were considered to be electrons, protons, and neutrons. However, the definition of...
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Subatomic Particle
For nearly a century after John Dalton announced his atomic theory in 1803, the concept that matter consists of tiny, indivisible particles (atoms) was widely accepted among scienti...
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