<SFN logo isn't scientific?>

I just read on my textbook that you can't draw an atom like that with some circles in that shape. That kind of picture is very common to represent an atom but it does mislead readers, because ELECTRONS AREN'T MOVING AROUND IN CIRCLES.

it isn't necesarily an atom. it doesn't even have a nucleus. it is just some elipses crosing each other.

who says electrons arent moving around in circles??? Who can proove they arent?

 

Also its a very common shape...

It's a logo, not a scientific dissertation. It conveys a scientific 'feel'. That's appropriate for the site, and that's exactly what logos should do.

who says electrons arent moving around in circles??? Who can proove they arent?

 

Some researchers at NRC apparently can.

There aren't any circles in the logo anyway.

Quantum physics says they move about randomly. Unless you want an uninteresting ball, that's the best representation we can have because it does show the atoms in their shells (sort of) as well as their constant movement.

That logo is a common representation although you are correct in saying that it is not technically correct.