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Kinetic Theory

In Our Time: Science

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The History of Atomic Theory

Melvin Bragg: Atomic theory suffered for a long time of being thought to be a theistic over the centuries. There's an issue around indeterminacy, free will, there's also a possible theological strand that is coming into work on atoms. The kinetic theory was accepted not because of any experimental evidence, but just that the methods and approaches were becoming too useful to drop. Here's our man with the offer you can't refuse.

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