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
For example, Dalton’s atomic theory was an attempt to explain the results of measurements that allowed him to calculate the relative masses of elements combined in various compounds.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
The progress in chemistry in the 19th century depended on the atomic theory.
From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2018
Another philosophy vied with the atomic theory, and instead of posing such bizarre concepts as the infinite vacuum, it turned the universe into a cozy nutshell.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
