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To: WildTurkey

No they aren't. They just aren't taught the whole thing. It's the difference between knowing who won WWII and knowing the casualty levels of all involved nations. It's not a lie to teach kids just the basics, but the Bohr model isn't just the basics, the Bohr model is junk, it's how we used to think but learned better. Why make the kids go through the same relearning process our scientist in history went through? Just wasted effort.


295 posted on 01/20/2005 8:07:07 PM PST by discostu (mime is money)
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To: discostu
but the Bohr model isn't just the basics, the Bohr model is junk, it's how we used to think but learned better.

Sorry, it is NOT junk. It is a simple model. Just like our simple model of gravity. Works well every day for millions of us.

Just like our simplified model of light. Lot's of students get along fine with a simplified model of light. One does not have to understand the Schrodinger Wave Theory or be able to calculate mass defects to calculate laser excitation frequecies.

301 posted on 01/20/2005 8:15:56 PM PST by WildTurkey (When will CBS Retract and Apologize?)
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