This Is Not What an Atom Looks Like

What does an atom look like? Throughout history scientists and philosophers have attempted to answer this question. As a result, they've come up with some useful models for understanding the building blocks of our universe. Learn more about quantum physics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWMTOrux0LM Hosted by: Olivia Gordon ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters—we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Jeremy Peng, Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Benny, Kyle Anderson, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Will and Sonja Marple, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Bryce Daifuku, Chris Peters, Saul, Patrick D. Ashmore, Charles George, Bader AlGhamdi ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://brilliant.org/wiki/bohrs-model/ http://www.iun.edu/~cpanhd/C101webnotes/modern-atomic-theory/Bohr-model.html http://www.chemguide.co.uk/atoms/properties/atomorbs.html https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/chemistry--of-life/electron-shells-and-orbitals/a/the-periodic-table-electron-shells-and-orbitals-article https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=1289 http://padakshep.org/otp/subjects/chemistry/physical-chemistry/discovery-of-electrons-protons-and-neutrons/ Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plum_pudding_model.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christmas_Pudding.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ernest_Rutherford_LOC.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atom_diagram.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niels_Bohr.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Chadwick.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helium_atom_QM.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Electron_orbitals.svg