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Atomic scientists

  • Aristotle
    400

    Aristotle

    Said that atoms were made of earth, air, fire, and water. 400 bc.
  • Democritus
    413

    Democritus

    In 413 BC he proposed that all things were made of small partcles that couldn't be broken down. He called them atomas meaning "uncutable". His atom was just a round sphere.
  • Antoine Lavoisier

    Antoine Lavoisier

    Made the law of conservation of matter. this law states that matter cannot be either created or destroyed.
  • Joseph Louis Proust

    Joseph Louis Proust

    Proved the law of definate proportions. This helped Dalton to make his law of multiple proportions.
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    He made an atomic theory that outlined atomic theory. He also drew atoms and molecules.
  • Michael Faraday

    Michael Faraday

    He invented electrolysis as a splitting of molecules.
  • Marie and Piere Curie

    Marie and Piere Curie

    They discovered radium and that gave other scientists radiation to test.
  • Henri Becquerel

    Henri Becquerel

    He worked with marie and pierre curie.
  • J. J. Thomson

    J. J. Thomson

    He discovered the electron by observing that a beam was deflected by electricity.
  • Max Planck

    Max Planck

    Said that energy isn't in continued streams but small particles.
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    He proved atoms in his experiment with gold foil.
  • Albert einstein

    Albert einstein

    His paper on brownian motion confirmed the atomic theory of matter.
  • Robert Millikan

    Robert Millikan

    He proved subatomic particles.
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr

    He discovered that electrons travel in orbits around the neucleus. then he drew a new atom model.
  • James Chadwick

    James Chadwick

    Descovered the neutron.