The ABC of Atoms by Bertrand Russell ~ Full Audiobook [science]

The ABC of Atoms by Bertrand Russell audiobook.

Genre: science

Written at the dawn of modern physics, Bertrand Russell's The ABC of Atoms invites the general reader into a world where solid matter turns out to be mostly empty space, stitched together by forces that are stranger than common sense. With a philosopher's clarity and a teacher's patience, Russell explains how scientists moved from chemistry's periodic law to the discovery of electrons, nuclei, and the architecture of atoms. He guides listeners through the evidence hidden in light itself: the hydrogen spectrum and its puzzling lines, the emerging quantum ideas needed to account for atomic behavior, and the refinements that reshaped what an atom could be. Along the way, the story broadens to include rings and shells of electrons, the revelations of X-rays and radioactivity, and the developing picture of nuclear structure. The book also places atomic theory inside the wider revolution of early twentieth-century science, touching on wave theories of light and the unsettling implications of relativity. Both an accessible primer and a snapshot of scientific thinking in 1923, this concise classic captures the thrill, uncertainty, and rigor of learning what matter is made of.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:10:51) Chapter 02

(00:24:22) Chapter 03

(00:42:45) Chapter 04

(00:59:18) Chapter 05

(01:11:27) Chapter 06

(01:25:53) Chapter 07

(01:42:51) Chapter 08

(01:58:48) Chapter 09

(02:13:19) Chapter 10

(02:30:43) Chapter 11

(02:45:46) Chapter 12

(03:00:30) Chapter 13

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