Jamie_Mellway
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The atomic theory of chemistry is pretty damned certain.
I know I already made a comment about this, but I'm just so baffled by this statement that I am hoping for some clarification. I mean, I'm pretty sure that this entry was not written before 1897, so it is fair to hold you to know that they discovered the electron. I mean you can't really believe atomic theory of chemistry, let alone think it is pretty damned certain. The theory has held in the 19th century before they discovered electrons, protons, quantum mechanics, E=mc2, quarks, and all that.
Or are you saying that the current theories of particle physics, quantum mechanics,... (read more)
The atomic theory of chemistry is pretty damned certain.
Is it fair to point out that they have split the atom? I won't even bother mentioning QM.
So, Hollerith, the author means something completely different than the theory that matter is composed of discrete units called atoms? Oh, that makes more sense. The other atomic theory of chemistry is pretty damned certain. I thought the author meant what everyone else means by it. I apologize for making such a silly psychic leap.