In particular this theory would unify the two great bastions of twentieth century physics - the general ... the weak nuclear force (which acts inside atomic nuclei, and is responsible for a ...

Photo: Niels Bohr's research notes for his new atomic theory Rutherford's find came from a very strange experience. Everyone at that time imagined the atom as a "plum pudding." That is ...

The strong nuclear force holds the kernels of matter, atomic nuclei, together, and powers the burning of stars. The effects of the weak force were first discovered at the turn of the 20th century ...

To end it, the most powerful weapon the world had ever seen was about to be unleashed, a watershed in world history: the atomic bomb ... minds of the twentieth century. J Robert Oppenheimer ...

He suggested that an atom was a tiny solid ball. He published his ideas in 1803. This atomic model has changed over time. Scientists used the model to make predictions. Sometimes the results of ...