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From: mark@umcp-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: atoms
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Date: Tue, 27-Sep-83 00:21:57 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 27 00:21:57 1983
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How they worked out that matter has atoms is not such an easy topic
to explain.  It was not very easy to work out, and for a long
time much had to be taken on faith (until isotopes explained 
all the strange numbers and suddenly everything fit exactly).

However, the periodic table is a pretty interesting animal, and
perhaps there is an nice intro-to-science book all about the periodic
table.  That is what I would suggest.  If anyone hears about
such a book I would like to know about it.
-- 
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