When we trace the development of atomic theory, we can see how the early form of an idea is modified rather than thrown out by later discoveries. Do you recognize parallels to this modification of basic ideas in other kinds of human experience? Explain please because I have no idea what's that! Thank you so much!

Steve Jobs did it with his inventions.

"Jobs took scary risks when he launched innovative new products, relying solely on his own instincts rather than the usual crutches of focus groups and market research, which he shunned. He had many humiliating failures but always rebounded: he sold few Apple I’s, but the Apple II was a blockbuster. The Lisa failed, but the Macintosh eventually succeeded after a slow start." (Steve Jobs: American Genius - The Daily Beast (http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/08/28/steve-jobs-american-genius.html))

A man who just died, Michael Stern Hart, did it.

Michael Stern Hart obituary: E-book pioneer dies at 64 - Los Angeles Times (http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/09/local/la-me-michael-hart-20110909)

Now, think of some scientists who did it.

When we trace the development of atomic theory, we can see how the early form of an idea is modified rather than thrown out by later discoveries. Do you recognize parallels to this modification of basic ideas in other kinds of human experience? I'll love you forever! Thank you so much!

Lucky you, you have an interesting teacher.
Astronomy has had discoveries that were made and lost and found again many times over thousands of years.
Ancient astronomers in Egypt and India knew that the earth wasn't the center of the solar system, but such information would be lost and found again all over the globe, and we westerners tended to only go back to Copernicus and Galileo. The ancients also knew about precession, a 24,000 year cycle of the earth's wobble, that modern astronomers were certain no one could know about without modern equipment. There's a lot more.
Medicine has it's waxes and wanings too. The Chinese and Indians knew a lot that was 'rediscovered' centuries later, such as blood circulation, the role of the heart, and even surgery.

Please nicole, avoid posting several times the same question again and again. You already received 3 answers and you haven't said anything besides you need help. Come on, how are you doing with all the stuff you've been told now?

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