Les Atomes

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Les Atomes is a seminal scientific work by Jean Perrin that helped establish the reality of atoms through experimental evidence and clear popular exposition of atomic theory.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf popular science book
scientific book
author Jean Perrin
basedOn Jean Perrin's experimental work on Brownian motion
contributedTo acceptance of atomic theory in the early 20th century
countryOfOrigin France
describedBySource seminal work on atomic theory
field physical chemistry
physics
genre popular science
scientific monograph
hasAuthorOccupation Nobel Prize–winning scientist
physicist
hasImpactOn philosophy of science debates about the reality of atoms
historicalPeriod early 20th century physics
influenced popular understanding of atoms
scientific acceptance of molecular-kinetic theory
intendedAudience general educated public
students of physics
language French
mainTopic atomic theory
atoms
notableFor clear exposition of atomic theory for a broad audience
helping establish the reality of atoms through experimental evidence
publisherType scientific publisher
title Les Atomes
usesEvidenceType experimental evidence
statistical mechanics arguments
workExampleOf empirical support for atomic hypothesis

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Jean Perrin
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Les Atomes
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