Event Title
Location
Carson Taylor Hall Rm 322
Start Date
28-3-2019 3:30 PM
Description
One of the most profound shifts in our understanding of matter occurred over a 40-year period that began on the cusp of the 20th century. Up to that point, nearly all scientists subscribed to two unshakeable beliefs about matter:
• The first was that atoms were the smallest units of matter.
• The second was that these atoms were stable and permanent.
By the end of that 40-year period, however, a rapid-fire series of discoveries by scientists across Europe had shattered both these bedrock principles. The unchangeable, unsplittable atom had been debunked. In its place was a radically new view in which matter was more malleable, more unstable – and more potent.
This is a documentary dramatizing the discoveries of great scientists such as Curie, Ernst, Moseley and Rutherford who helped to unravel “The Mystery of Matter.”
Recommended Citation
Presenters, No, "The Mystery of Matter: “INTO THE ATOM”" (2019). Science Seminars. 14.
https://digitalcommons.latech.edu/science-seminars/2018-2019/schedule/14
The Mystery of Matter: “INTO THE ATOM”
Carson Taylor Hall Rm 322
One of the most profound shifts in our understanding of matter occurred over a 40-year period that began on the cusp of the 20th century. Up to that point, nearly all scientists subscribed to two unshakeable beliefs about matter:
• The first was that atoms were the smallest units of matter.
• The second was that these atoms were stable and permanent.
By the end of that 40-year period, however, a rapid-fire series of discoveries by scientists across Europe had shattered both these bedrock principles. The unchangeable, unsplittable atom had been debunked. In its place was a radically new view in which matter was more malleable, more unstable – and more potent.
This is a documentary dramatizing the discoveries of great scientists such as Curie, Ernst, Moseley and Rutherford who helped to unravel “The Mystery of Matter.”