Sample Research Resources
Keywords:
| Democritus | Discovery of the Electron | Dmitri Mendeleev |
| John Dalton | Antoine Lavosier | Joseph Priestley |
| Discovery of the neutron | J.J. Thomson | |
| Radioactivity | Ernest Rutherford |
Books:
539.15 PUL
Pullman, Bernard, 1919-. The atom in the history of human thought. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. Traces the concept of atoms from its birth in ancient Greece through the first direct visual proof of the existence of atoms in the late twentieth century, discussing the relationship between atomic theory and philosophy and religion over a period of 2,500 years.
539.7 GAL
Gallant, Roy A. The ever-changing atom. New York : Benchmark Books, [1999], c2000. Introduces atoms, the tiny particles which make up everything in the world, discussing their different parts, how they were discovered, and how they can be used as a source of energy.
539.7 STW
Stwertka, Albert. The world of atoms and quarks. 1st ed. New York : Twenty-First Century Books, 1995. Discusses the search for the ultimate individual parts of matter, including the discoveries of the atom, the electron, the antiparticles, and the quark.
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Online Databases:
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Websites:
"For the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory" Physics, 1933 NobelPrize.org.
"Antoine Laurent Lavoisier." Chemical Achievers - The Human Face of Chemical Science.
"Chemical Achievers - Atomic and Nuclear Structure."
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