So convincing is this model that after only twelve years it is known no longer as “the atomic model of Rutherford and Bohr,” but is simply taken for granted as “the atom.” In this ...

Future space missions could use quantum technologies to help us understand the physical laws that govern the universe, ...

Everyone at that time imagined the atom as a "plum pudding." That is, it was roughly the same consistency throughout, with negatively-charged electrons scattered about in it like raisins in a pudding.

This 'solar system' model of the atom is the way that most people think about atoms today. It is known as the Rutherford-Bohr model of atomic structure. The neutron was difficult to discover ...