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The Development of the Atomic Theory

The Development of the Atomic Theory. Write 1-2 paragraphs that describe one specific example where science has altered the course of society (history), or society has changed the direction (focus, etc.) of science. Make sure to write clearly and include specifics. 

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The Development of the Atomic Theory

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  1. The Development of the Atomic Theory

  2. Write 1-2 paragraphs that describe one specific example where science has altered the course of society (history), or society has changed the direction (focus, etc.) of science. Make sure to write clearly and include specifics.  Please cite any sources you use.

  3. Does History drive Science? OR Does Science drive History?

  4. Examples of the Interplay of Science and History: Atomic bomb – even today The Automobile Priestley’s lab Lavoissier’s demise

  5. Back to the beginning… Of civilization itself… List the 4 origins of civilization on earth: Hint: all were located in “fertile river valleys”

  6. Egypt

  7. China

  8. India

  9. The Middle East This stela depicts an Assyrian archer

  10. Geographically speaking:

  11. Some questions to ponder: Which of the four “died out”? Who do “we” trace our roots to? What’s the next chapter in our story of atoms? ΩΨΔΘΣΚ It’s Greek to me…

  12. Greek Elements • Fire • Water • Air • Earth

  13. Democritus (460-371 B.C.) formulated the first atomic hypothesis (theory): All matter consists of smallest (indivisible) entities (atoms), separated by empty space. Richard Feynman remarked that this is the most important and far-reaching hypothesis ever formulated about nature.

  14. Democritus’ Atomic Theory • Matter composed of tiny particles • These particles are “un-cuttable” (atomos) • Called the particles “atoms” • No scientific evidence or proof

  15. Aristotle Disagreed with Democritus Matter is continuous No atoms Ideas persisted 2000 years Why?

  16. The Roman Empire Romans “took over” from the Greeks Peak of Roman Empire around the year zero Split into 2 empires Rome Constantinople Final collapse Rome 410 Constantinople 476

  17. The fall of the Roman Empires • Western -- Rome • Eastern – Constantinople • Following slide: Map of Roman Empire in the Second Century A.D.

  18. The Middle Ages • Approximately 500 AD – 1450 AD • No real progress • Feudalism • Plagues • Crusades • How they thought…

  19. The Alchemists Goals Connections Exploration Fairy tales Modern Literature Actual Benefits

  20. Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-97)The Alchymist in Search of the Philosophers' Stone discovers Phosphorus, 1771.

  21. Alchemists goals • To turn cheap stuff into gold • Immortality

  22. Newton and Alchemy • The real news is … just how much and for how long alchemy/chymistry was among Newton’s major activities. … which has shown that it was part of the intellectual scenery of the time. The news is that although Newton is a familiar name and a hero of modern science, the world he lived in and the ways he – and his contemporaries – thought are, by and large, very unfamiliar to us today. Quoted from: http://whewellsghost.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/newton-and-alchemy-a-constant-surprise/

  23. Art in the Middle Ages

  24. The Rennaissance • When • Changes in… • What REALLY changed? • A little art quiz…

  25. 1513 Raphael

  26. Madonna and Child, , about 1290 - 1295 • Master of St. CeciliaItalian

  27. Mona Lisa1503-1506Leonardo da Vinci

  28. St. Luke, about 1330s • Simone MartiniItalian,

  29. Lady with Ermine 1483-90 Leonardo da Vinci

  30. the Sistine Chapel 1508-1512Michaelangelo

  31. BindoAltovitic. 1515 • Raphael

  32. Donatello • Statue of St. George in Orsanmichele, Florence

  33. Madonna and Child, ca. 1326 • Simone Martini (Italian [Siena], ca. 1284–1344)

  34. A short commercial for the Getty Museums…

  35. The Getty Villa

  36. The Getty Museum

  37. Robert Boyle • 1627-91 • First Modern Chemist

  38. Robert Boyle • A fragment of the code that Boyle used to disguise the names of chemicals in his experimental notes

  39. Robert Boyle • His air pump in the background • Boyle’s Law, 1662

  40. Joseph Priestley (1733–1804)

  41. Jacques Alexandre César Charles • 1746 - 1823

  42. Wrote very little • “Charles the Geometer” • Charles Law, 1802 (reported by Gay-Lussac)

  43. Frightened peasants attacking Charles’ balloon

  44. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac • 1778 - 1850

  45. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Jean-BaptisteBiot in their balloon on 24 August 1804.

  46. Lavoissier • Father of Chemistry • France • Family life • Political ties • The end…

  47. Joseph Proust • The Law of Definite Proportions • 1790’s

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