How We Came to Believe in Things We Couldn't Observe, by Colston Chandler

When: Mon, Apr 09 2012 6:00pm

Where: UNM SUB

Our thanks to Ly Flock, the UNM catering staff and to our speaker, Colston Chandler (Emeritus Professor of Physics).

Over the course of the nineteenth century scientists (and the public) came to believe that all matter is composed of atoms.

The story of how they came to this belief is one of the great detective stories of all time.

Who were these detectives?

What were the clues?

Why were the clues so convincing--in a time long before atoms could be "seen" directly and manipulated individually?

Come to the 21 Club on April 9 to hear the story!

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