Inquiry into the Disintegrative Processes Within Atoms Became a Central

question 64

Multiple Choice

Inquiry into the disintegrative processes within atoms became a central theme in the new physics in part due to the experimental work of

• A)Einstein on cosmic rays and gravity.
• B)Marie and Pierre Curie on radium and radiation.
• C)Planck on quanta.
• D)Pasteur on microbes and infection.
• E)Bergson on time and the "life force."

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