Physics GCSE
timeline of models
What timeline of models means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The order to remember is solid sphere, plum pudding, nuclear model, Bohr's fixed orbits, the subdivision of nuclear charge into protons, and finally the neutron.
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