
Kinetic Theory
In Our Time: Science
The Origins of Kinetic Theory
Boil's law was the first law that really connected to properties of materials together. Ted Forgan: Boil discovered air is like a spring, so the more force you put it under the smaller it gets. How did that play into a development over two or three centuries which led to kinetic theory? "I think we have to go back in time when a lot less was understood about the nature of physics"
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