Insight: The image in the mind that many people have of an atom - an electron or two flying around a nucleus like planets around a sun - was created in 1904 by Japanese physicist Hantaro Nagaoka. The image is not accurate of reality, but durable. Asimov noted that despite being wrong it inspired generations of science fictions writers to create worlds within worlds.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
Published date: 2003
Category: History