Скачать или смотреть Lecture 10-From Permanent Atoms to Probable Quarks (WNA Astronomy 25-26)

What do Greek philosophers, quantum physics, and the four elements have in common? More than you'd think. In this podcast of the high school Astronomy course that I taught at West Nottingham Academy (2025–26), we time-travel from ancient thought to cutting-edge theory.

We start with the Greek atomic worldview, from Thales to Aristotle, where earth, air, fire, and water ruled the cosmos. Then we shift gears into modern atomic theory, exploring the journey from John Dalton’s atoms to the mind-bending world of string theory.

To wrap it all up, we connect the dots between the four classical elements and the four modern states of matter, solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. It’s a wild ride through science history, where ancient philosophy meets 21st-century physics.

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