atomic theory
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In 2019, he registered a trademark for an esoteric video game called “Bohrdom,” a “hybrid of a bullet hell and a racing game” based on atomic theory, in which electrons and protons compete.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
Manchester had been steadily attracting scientific prestige after John Dalton pioneered studies in atomic theory and colour blindness, while fellow student James Joule became a household name after his work in energy conservation.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2023
To account for the existence of isotopes, the second postulate of his atomic theory was modified to state that atoms of the same element must have identical chemical properties.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
The progress in chemistry in the 19th century depended on the atomic theory.
From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2018
This was a shocking conclusion, but the indivisible kernels of matter in atomic theory got around the problem of Zeno’s paradoxes.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
