Fission of radio active uranium 235."Thermodynamics, correctly interpreted, does not just allow Darwinian evolution; it favors it. —
Ludwig Boltzmann
Rutherford scattering & some organic molecules
It was quite the most incredible event that has ever happened to me in my life.
It was almost as incredible as if you fired a 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and
it came back and hit you —
Ernest RutherfordThe magnitude of the atomic weight determines the character
of the element, just as the magnitude of the molecule determines the character
of a compound body. — Dmitri Mendeleev.
Greenhouse effect of carbon
Carbon dioxide molecule, showing the two main resonances in response to an alternating electric field.Water molecule, showing its response to an alternating electric field.