What Famous Physicist Built an Inaccurate Model of the Hydrogen Atom?

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The discussion centers around various trivia questions, including the inaccuracies of historical models of the hydrogen atom. Notably, Niels Bohr is identified as the Danish scientist who created the most recognized yet inaccurate model of the hydrogen atom, contributing significantly to quantum theory and working on the atomic bomb project at Los Alamos. Other trivia topics include the longest place name and the unique characteristics of camels regarding water storage. The conversation showcases a mix of correct answers and playful banter among participants.

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  • #91
The only one who does work is "I" (the pronoun). :-p

It has been suggested on the first page...So i claim no credit...

Daniel.
 
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  • #92
plover said:
SEES doesn't work... o:)

Oops ! :redface: Guess I wass seeing right !
 
  • #93
Gokul43201 said:
If you relax the palindrome constraint, you only have one more solution (I think) : MOW

And if you take out the capital letter contraint, you get just one more : pod

Allowing any combination of capital and small letters gives one additional possibility : dIp

Quite strange that the seemingly important palindromic constraint was not really !

On the other hand requiring invariance under reflection about a central x-axis (rether than a 180° rotation) opens up many more new solutions : BIB, BOB, DEED, DID, SEES, BOOB, etc.
I think there must be more if you relax the palindrome and capital letter rule. you can use b/q, d/p, h/y, I/I, l/l, m/w, n/u, N/N, o/o, p/d, q/b, s/s, u/n, w/m, x/x, y/h, z/z
diN/Nip is one
 
  • #94
But dIN is not the same as NIp.

'pod' is another solution, but I don't think there's many more
 

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