to take smth for granted – принимать что-то как должное

BBC Atom: Clash of Titans

Vocabulary:

to take smth for granted – принимать что-то как должное

steam – пар

mighty engines – мощные двигатели

with incredible accuracy – c невероятной точностью

controversy – разногласие, расхождение во взглядах

entity – вещь, объект

arrogance – высокомерие

pollen – пыльца

naked eye – невооруженным глазом

to vindicate – оправдать, защитить, реабилитировать

heretics – еретики

bizarre – странный, причудливый

coil – катушка

radioactive rocks – радиоактивные породы

to ditch – бросить, покинуть

momentous – важный, судьбоносный

tedious – утомительный

implications – последствия, результаты

quantum jump – квантовый скачок

inevitable – неизбежный

nagging problem – трудноразрешимая проблема

array – массив

monstrous – чудовищный

unknowable – непостижимый

Match the names of scientists with physical concepts associated with them. Watch the movie and check your answers:

Niels Bohr	matrix mechanics
Wolfgang Pauli	quantum jump
Earnest Rutherford	pilot waves
Louis de Broigle	exclusion principle
Albert Einstein	relativity
Verner Heisenberg	atomic nucleus

Answer the questions below:

1) What were the main differences between Rutherford’s and Bohr’s approaches to scientific research?

2) What three discoveries helped scientists to understand the structure of atom?

3) Why was Rutherford’s experiment so important for physics?

4) How did Rutherford describe the atom? What is the size of the nucleus?

5) Why did Rutherford’s model contradict the known laws of science?

6) How did Bohr describe the atom?

7) How did Louis de Broigle explain atomic structure?

8) How did Erwin Schrodinger describe the atom?

9) What was Heisenberg’s contribution to the studies of atom?

10) What does Heisenberg state in his uncertainty principle

11) Why is the movie called ‘Clash of Titans’?

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