COMPETITION WINNER - MODELS OF THE ATOM POEM

The inaugural winner of our Science Poetry Competition is here! School boy Monty's winning epic masterpiece "Models of The Atom" is here for you all to enjoy! Science and art in harmony! Monty fought off strong competition, despite being the only entry, and has managed to craft an epic story of scientific struggle, lack of action, competition, rivalry and genius. It's a poem of epic proportions and is up there with Homer's Iliad. Monty is 58 years old and says that has never heard of "Chat GTP", or any other artificial intelligence "chatbots". In fact, he doesn't even have a computer. Enjoy this thing of beauty below.

In the quiet halls of ancient Greece,

Where logic sought a world of peace,

Democritus first dared to dream

Of "atoms" in a constant stream.

Small, uncuttable, and solid spheres,

A vision lost for a thousand years.

Then Dalton rose in 1803,

With weights and laws of chemistry.

He saw the atom as a billiard ball,

Indivisible, standing firm and tall.

But soon the dark began to light,

As hidden sparks came into sight.

Thomson worked with vacuum rays,

To find a truth that would amaze.

Within the sphere, a negative spark—

The electron dancing in the dark.

Like "plum pudding" or a raisin cake,

A brand new model he would make..

But Rutherford aimed a golden beam,

And shattered Thomson's simple scheme.

Most passed through, but some recoiled,

His expectations quickly foiled.

"A nucleus!" he cried with pride,

Where mass and positive charge reside.

Finally, Bohr refined the view,

With orbits fixed and energy true.

Like planets round a central sun,

He showed how quantum leaps are done.

From ancient dust to shells of light,

The atom stepped out from the night.

ODE TO THE ATOM

By Monty

After you have wiped the tears of emotion from your eyes an pulled your self together.... why not explore the history of the model of the atom with our interactive web page!?