Ep252 - Suzie Sheehy | The Matter of Everything: Twelve Experiments that Changed Our World
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Physicists, What Is Matter?
In the early 19 twenties, most homes didn't have electricity. So understanding the atom was really a matter of building small radioactive sources. To do any kind of detailed experiment, you'd have to set it up in a glass t usually. And then block most of what was coming out of it and leave like a narrow slit so that you could control the direction of the particles. We will have time shortly for susye to answer some of these questions - be sure to get your questions in early.
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