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	Podcast:		4. Chemistry and Physics
	Episode:		Dalton
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:00:53
	Publish Date:		2011-07-13 19:23:55
	Description:		Transcript: The person who gets credit for developing the first theory of atoms was a self educated man called John Dalton living in England in the mid 18th century. Born into a family of Quaker weavers, he was entirely self educated. He learned mathematics, foreign languages, and the basics of observational astronomy from a blind philosopher who lived nearby. At a young age he developed a theory of the aurora borealis, correctly speculating that it was connected with the Earth’s magnetism. He developed the first theory of atoms. Dalton was brilliant at synthesizing information, and the process of building a theory from a jigsaw puzzle of pieces, not all of which are present, is a fundamental scientific skill.
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