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What is the structure of an atom?
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The Radioactive Orchestra
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Top 4 Bonkers things about the universe
What is radioactivity?
Does anyone understand quantum mechanics?
Molecules at the Movies
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Bohr's Atom
Part of the Physics2000 site. These pages also include information on Energy Levels in the atom and atomic spectra.
Little Atoms
Little Atoms is a talk show based around ideas of the Enlightenment, frequently discussing science and physics.
The Discovery and Research on the Atom
A description of some of the important developments in understanding the atom an its constituents. Some parts of the site are very mathematical and go beyond college level physics.
Schroedinger's Atom
A page explaining Schroedinger's model of atomic structure, with nice graphics showing the wave nature of electrons around the atom.
One-dimensional one-atom gas
This is a very simple model of a gas. Here, a single atom bounces elastically in a one-dimensional cavity. It will continue to bounce at the same speed forever if the piston does not move.
Atom-Light interactions and lasers
A short page dealing with the atomic explanation of lasers. Although brief and lacking detail there is a good little applet which shows what happens when an excited atom is struck by a photon.
How Atom Smashers Work
A brief description of how Atom Smashers -or particle colliders - like the LHC work. From HowStuffWorks.com.