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Democritus was the creator of atomic theory.
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DIscovered the law of conservation in masses.
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Published the laws of definite proportions.
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Formulated an atomic theory and repopularized the idea of atomic theory.
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His discoveries lead to the idea that atoms had an electric component.
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Created the term of electroylisis for when a molecule splits and creates electricity.
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Discovered the electron.
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Measured the charge of an electron.
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He pioneered the Rutherford model of the atom and created the splitting of the atom.
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He developed the Bohr mode4l of the atom and theorized that electrons orbit the atomic nucleus.
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Improved upon the Bohr model of atomic structure.
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Postilated the that all matter is wave properties.
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Discovered X-Rays and Uranium.
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Discovered spontaneous radiation.
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Discovered the brownian motion of particles in liquids.
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Discovered the quantum thoery of energy.
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Discovered evidence of neutrons in an atom.
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Discovered that if bombard the uranium atom with neutrons that it would split.
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Conducted an experiment proving that heavier elements capture neutrons.
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Discovered six transuranium elements and changed the layout of the periodict table.
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Aristotle believed that all matter was made up of four base elements. This caused atoms to be overlooked for two thosuand years until his theory was proven wrong.