The Nature of matter
Description
An elephant and a racing car don't have much in common-except for the remarkable fact that they're made of similar fundamental building blocks. This program takes a simulated subatomic look at a glass of water to better understand the nature of matter, a minuscule world of molecules, atoms, and elementary particles. The behavior of matter under the effects of gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces; the process of scientific experimentation; specifics of atomic structure; the organization of matter via the periodic table; ionic, covalent, and hydrogen bonding; the process of radioactive decay; and the death of fusion-fueled stars are scrutinized as well.
Runtime
32 min
Series
Subjects
- Physics (399)
- Discoveries in science (56)
- Chemical bonds (44)
- Inorganic compounds (38)
- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical (76)
- Chemical elements (72)
- Quantum theory (92)
- Organic compounds (40)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2009], c2010
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