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Schrodinger and Heisenberg developed an alternate theory about atomic nature that contradicted some of Bohr's model of the atom. How do changes resulting from new technology and evidence affect the reputation of the atomic theory?

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Answer: it did not affect the reputation of the atomic theory

Step-by-step explanation:

Bohr only considered hydrogen and hydrogen-like atoms. Atoms with one electron. Schrödinger and Heisenberg extended it.

Every knowledge is science is alway built from previous knowledge. What you know to be right today might be proven wrong by someone else in the future. It doesn't mean you weren't right. So all scientists must keep an open mind, who knows, we might encounter aliens on earth in the future.

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Answer:

They don't affect the reputation of atomic theory at all.

Step-by-step explanation:

Schrödinger and Heisenberg extended the model of the atom, as did Thompson, Rutherford, and Moseley before them.

Each model was based on the best available information at the time.

The availability of new information may require a new atomic model, but it doesn't destroy the reputation of older ones.

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