Australian Scientists take first ever photograph of a single Atom shadow using visible light

[Coldmute]

[QUOTE=CakeMaster7;36643437]They're easier to visualize and work with when you say "fuck it" to scale and accuracy[/QUOTE]Its mainly just to give a rudimentary explanation of the concept, then you can develop more on it by going in to detail and more accurate explanations.

[salty peanut]

[QUOTE=Someguy13;36643159]There are a lot of similarities between micro and macro world, the electrons circling around the proton is like planets circling around the Sun[/QUOTE]

except electrons don't orbit protons in circles

[Smartlord]

[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;36643562]except electrons don't orbit protons in circles[/QUOTE]

Nor do astronomical bodies orbit in circles

[DireAvenger]

[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;36643454]Its mainly just to give a rudimentary explanation of the concept, then you can develop more on it by going in to detail and more accurate explanations.[/QUOTE]

That and things like covalent bonds are much easier to work with compared to cloudbugger fuckertheory.

[Jarate Lover]

How can we apply this to a practical need?

[Maloof?]

[QUOTE=Jarate Lover;36643674]How can we apply this to a practical need?[/QUOTE]

shadow puppet shows

[yawmwen]

[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;36643562]except electrons don't orbit protons in circles[/QUOTE]

Nothing orbits in a circle. Every orbit in space is elliptical. The Copernican Model was thrown out a loooooong time ago bud.

[editline]6th July 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=Jarate Lover;36643674]How can we apply this to a practical need?[/QUOTE]

Give the data to a group of engineers and I'm certain they will find something to do with it.

Scientists don't generally worry about practical applications, they work to discover the secrets of the universe. Engineers are the guys who take those secrets and shape them to fit human needs.

[salty peanut]

[QUOTE=yawmwen;36643742]Nothing orbits in a circle. Every orbit in space is elliptical. The Copernican Model was thrown out a loooooong time ago bud.[/QUOTE]

no shit

I'm talking about how they don't move in any sort of round shape

[Patrick]

Thats the university I go to, they're always doing cool shit like that, unfortunately I'm a multimedia student so we aren't usually involved in breakthrough stuff like this.

[ScottyWired]

Ok, so they discovered the Higgs Boson and they photographed an atom. I think we're on the right track to making these!
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[Ganerumo]

[QUOTE=Bradyns;36606413][SUP]174[/SUP]Yb+
Ytterbium ion[/QUOTE]

Fuuuck I read that in Farnsworth's voice because of your avatar

[JaffaOrange]

[QUOTE=DireAvenger;36643650]That and things like covalent bonds are much easier to work with compared to cloudbugger fuckertheory.[/QUOTE]

That being said, sigma and pi bonds are much easier to draw with orbitals than overlapping circles with whatever number of dots being shared.