By the strange laws of quantum mechanics‚ Folger‚ a senior editor at Discover‚ notes‚ an electron‚ proton‚ or other subatomic particle is "in more than one place at a time‚" because individual particles behave like waves‚ these different places are different states that an atom can exist in simultaneously. Ten years ago‚ Folger writes‚ David Deutsch‚ a physicist at Oxford University‚ argued that it may be possible to build an extremely powerful computer based on this peculiar reality. In 1994
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Democritus 1 Democritus Democritus was a Greek Philosopher born 460 B.C. in the city of Abdera‚ and died 370 B.C. He was born into a wealthy family and traveled the world extensively. He was known as the “laughing” philosopher‚ or the “happy” philosopher because he would constantly mock people‚ and laugh incessantly about his own jibes. Throughout his life he wrote over 70 books‚ however very few pages have survived the years. Some have said that Democritus blinded himself to better understand
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Atoms Atom is the fundamental building block of all stuff‚ or what scientists like to call "matter". An individual atom is very small. In fact‚ the smallest type of atom‚ hydrogen‚ has a diameter of 10-8 cm. Every single object is composed of atoms. Our body is made up of many‚ many individual atoms. There are also many different types of atom. These different types are called elements. Examples of some elements are hydrogen‚ oxygen‚ and helium. Under normal conditions many atoms can stick together
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System and Organs Digestive systems‚ tummy‚ intestine Organ=Tissues Tissues Composed of cells Organelles Cells of organ system Mitochondria‚ chloroplast Composed of Molecules Atoms Cells Robert Hook 1700’s Wine cork thin slice under microscope saw chambers in slice reminded him of monk cells thus cells Cell Theory (1800s) All living things are composed of cells and all cells come from pre exhibiting cells Spontaneous Generation is not supported by cell theory Cat is dead and maggots
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Explain the role of atomic number in MiniLab: Modeling Isotopes‚ p. 102 How Atoms Differ 2 sessions 1 block determining the identity of an atom. 6. Define an isotope and explain why atomic masses are not whole numbers. 7. Calculate the number of electrons‚ protons‚ and neutrons in an atom given its mass number and atomic number. Section 4.4 8. Explain the relationship between Careers Using Chemistry: Radiation Unstable Nuclei and Radioactive Decay 2 sessions 1 block unstable nuclei and radioactive
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heart of our understanding of the structure of atom. New Zealand scientist Ernerst Rutherford was the first to show that the atom is the building block of all matter that consists of a positively charged nucleus surrounded by tiny negatively charged electrons. The extraordinary achievements of these scientists have been instrumental development of chemistry over the past century. Today‚ we take the existence of atoms for granted. We can explain many aspects of the structure of the atom and in fact‚ current
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processes. As a result of this‚ new areas have evolved such as bioinorganic chemistry and bioorganic chemistry. In this section we will talk about an important concept in bioinorganic chemistry called “Metallobiomolecules”. Metallobiomolecules 2.3. Electron Transfer Proteins 2.3.1. Cytochromes 2.3.2. Iron-Sulphur Proteins 2.4. Zinc Metalloproteins 1.0 Introduction to Metallobiomolecules As we already know‚ biomolecules are molecules appear in biological systems to perform a specific function‚ like
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Chemistry: It is the science concerned with the atomic composition of substances‚ elements and their interactions‚ and the formation‚ decomposition and properties of molecules. -Biological chemistry or Biochemistry is the biological or physiological chemistry of living organisms and of the chemical changes occurring therein. Structure of Matter: All living and nonliving things are composed of matter. Matter; is anything that occupies space and has mass. Mass is the amount of matter in an object
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MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS INTRODUCTION Molecular electronics (sometimes called moletronics) is a branch of applied physics which aims at using molecules as passive (e.g. resistive wires) or active (e.g. transistors) electronic components. The concept of molecular electronics has aroused much excitement both in science fiction and among scientists due to the prospect of size reduction in electronics offered by such minute components. It is an enticing alternative to extend Moore’s Law beyond the
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STRUCTURE OF ATOM The rich diversity of chemical behaviour of different elements can be traced to the differences in the internal structure of atoms of these elements. After studying this unit you will be able to • know about the discovery of electron‚ proton and neutron and their characteristics; • describe Thomson‚ Rutherford and Bohr atomic models; • understand the important features of the quantum mechanical model of atom; • understand nature of electromagnetic radiation
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