This video examines a copy of the first edition of Robert Hooke’s Micrographia. This book contains Hooke’s illustrations of his observations of plants and insects using lenses. It was published in 1666, and was the first book to illustrate plants and insects as seen through microscopes.
Ever wondered what’s going on inside a microwave oven? Watch this video next time you’re waiting for your frozen burrito to heat up to see how a microwave excites molecules to make them jiggle more and heat up.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/atomism-ancient/
Could you believe that some ancient Greek philosophers speculated that everything is made of atoms? They had this idea way before we were able to observe this through scientific evidence. This is a good article that explains the history of this idea.
This article is a good overview of the basics of Kinetic Theory.
