Modern experimental evidence supports the atomic model

For the last several posts, we’ve gone through the atomic nature of the physical world and the model of the atom.  Now let’s turn to modern evidence that these ideas are correct.  Remember, atoms are too small to see with the eye, even with the best microscope.  So how do we know the model is correct?

There is lots of evidence the picture is correct.  In most cases, there are layers of physics between the observation and the interpretation which is fine if you take the time to understand the physics.  Here I’ll talk about what is – in my opinion – the observations with the smallest amount of physics between what is measured and what we describe as seen.