This film presents the birth of an atom and its structure, featuring the following scientists who aided in the discovery: Albert Einstein; John Dalton; Joseph John Thomson; Ernest Rutherford; Max Planck; Niels Bohr. Throughout the film, animations of concepts in theoretical physics allow viewers access into the minds of geniuses.

Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 04, 2015.

Introduction: Light and Atoms: The Physics of Light --(4:17) -- European Organization for Nuclear Research -- (CERN) (4:08) -- Dalton & the History of an Atoms -- (2:10) -- Thomas: Discovery of Electrons -- (2:47) -- Rutherford: Contents of an Atom -- (4:09) -- Rutherford: Discovery of the Nucleus -- (2:40) -- Vacuous Space -- (2:52) -- Planck: Blackbody Energy -- (6:57) -- World of Quantum Mechanics -- (3:23) -- Bohr: Lost in Thought -- (3:43) -- Bohr: Disjunctive Energy -- (4:05) -- Bohr: Quantum Jump Concept -- (5:02) -- Bohr's Atomic Model -- (1:37) -- Credits: Light and Atoms: The Physics of Light -- (2:16).