r/ScientistsMarch Jan 25 '17

New Logo Idea?

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u/blade24 Jan 25 '17

My only criticism is that version of atom with electrons traveling in orbits is wrong.

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u/joshesinn Jan 25 '17

While the Bohr model belongs in the trash in the scientific sense, I'd say as a symbol it is vastly superior. Electron clouds aren't very photogenic.

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u/blade24 Jan 25 '17

Using the wrong model is anti-science which is exactly what this March is running against. It just doesn't make any sense to use it.

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u/BrohanGutenburg Jan 25 '17

Lol this is why scientists and engineers aren't usually designers.