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So has the 'planetary' model analogy for (sub) atomic physics become even less than it (loosely) was before? I don't detect this comparative scaling model being currently used in schools the way it was back in the 1970s. I found it useful, but was it a false crutch, an unsubstantiable metaphor?
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The planetary model worked very well with Newtonian physics. But we have moved on.
Very many people still use the 'conventional' model of current flow in electronics. The was an attempt, back in the seventies, to teach 'hole theory'. Hoping to literally stand the common belief on it's head. But it confused more than it helped.
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