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Light and Atoms
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This film presents the birth of an atom and its structure, featuring the following scientists who aided in the discovery: Albert Einstein; John Dalton; Joseph John Thomson; Ernest Rutherford; Max P...
This film presents the birth of an atom and its structure, featuring the following scientists who aided in the discovery: Albert Einstein; John Dalton; Joseph John Thomson; Ernest Rutherford; Max Planck; Niels Bohr. Throughout the film, animations of concepts in theoretical physics allow viewers access into the minds of geniuses.
Details
- Creator
- Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- United States : Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), [2015]
- New York, N.Y. : distributed by Films Media Group, 2015
- ©2015
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (50 min. 17 sec.)) : sound, color
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn944723708
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on September 04, 2015.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Introduction: Light and Atoms: The Physics of Light (4:17) -- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (4:08) -- Dalton & the History of an Atoms (2:10) -- Thomas: Discovery of Electrons (2:47) -- Rutherford: Contents of an Atom (4:09) -- Rutherford: Discovery of the Nucleus (2:40) -- Vacuous Space (2:52) -- Planck: Blackbody Energy (6:57) -- World of Quantum Mechanics (3:23) -- Bohr: Lost in Thought (3:43) -- Bohr: Disjunctive Energy (4:05) -- Bohr: Quantum Jump Concept (5:02) -- Bohr's Atomic Model (1:37) -- Credits: Light and Atoms: The Physics of Light (2:16)