<p>Do you need to know most of the important labs done by famous people? Does anyone know of any compliation of descriptions of concepts/labs? Thanks.</p>
<p>Rutherford’s scattering experiment is always mentioned.</p>
<p>What is the scattering experiment? Is it when he shot alpha particles into a think sheet of gold foil and noticed that some where deflected at large angles finally concluding that an atom consists of a more dense nulceus made of protons and neutrons with electrons circling the nucleus? Any others?</p>