Now, thethingthatreallybugsmeisthatcorporationsandevensomeresearchinstitutionswhentheywanttoconvinceyouthatdayatthecuttingedge, they'regoingtostick a coupleofthese a room.
A battleinthecorporatelogowouldlikeappleadvertisingthat I foundbyshowingyou a Candlesticktelephone.
It's crazy.
What's a betterwiferepresentingtheatom?
Insteadofthesehulahooporbits, youshouldthinkoftheelectronsasbuzzingaroundthenucleusin a fuzzylittlecloud, Anelectroncloud.
Have a lookatthis.
Soimaginewehavethisfuzzysphericalthing a bitlikethat.
Wecanchopitupinto a wholebunchofpieces.
Wecanchopitupintosphericalbitscalled s Ordinance.
Thesemorecomplicatedthingscalled P Orbital's.
Andthesebringlikethesethingslooklikecalamarithatwecalled d Orbital's.