Atom stuff

  • Democritus
    440 BCE

    Democritus

    said matter was composed of tiny particles gave them the name A tomos:uncuttable or indivisible
  • Dalton

    Dalton

    All matter was composed of atoms. Different elements had atoms differing size and mass.
  • Thompson

    Thompson

    founded the electron. Positively packed spheres with negativity charged electrons.
  • Rutherford

    Rutherford

    Atoms consisted largely of empty space while most of the mass focused in the center and called the nucleus
  • Bohr

    Bohr

    1. Found electrons orbited the nucleus. Electrons jumped from one ring to another but never in the space in between.

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