Rosalind Franklin is one of many scientists credited with early DNA research. Her work in X-ray photography was key to unlocking the structure of DNA. Nevertheless, her contributions are often overlooked. […]
John Dalton observed mathematical regularities with respect to the formation of a chemical compound. He concluded that the elements combined in fixed quantities, pointing toward the existence of atoms. […]
Primarily attributed to Albert Einstein, quantum theory and its understanding led to the formation of many modern technologies. Surprisingly, all of that happened because of toasters. Yes, you read it right. Toasters. […]
Max Planck was able to explain the light emitted by hot objects, and do what many physicists had been unable to do. And with this, he began the quantum revolution. […]
Lord Rayleigh and James Jeans tried to study the light emitted by hot objects with their model of the blackbody. However, the model was doomed to failure due to its flaws. […]
John Dalton provided compelling evidence for the existence of atoms. However, atoms were not indivisible, as assumed. They have a complex structure, a structure built up from particles even smaller than atoms. […]
For consistency, it is important that the names of the elements are same across different countries. To facilitate this, the IUPAC was formed in 1919. It has since set rules for naming the elements. […]
The periodic table of elements was first designed by Dmitry Mendeleev. Since then, many changes were introduced to the table as scientists continued to learn more about the elements. […]
The observations from various scientific experiments all provided better indications to the structure of atoms. […]
The observations from various scientific phenomena all indicate that the atomic theory is a valid scientific theory. […]
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