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Atomic Theory

By chubner
  • Democritus
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    Democritus

    Said that matter was composed of tiny particles that u can not see
  • Antoine Lavoisier

    Antoine Lavoisier

    Recognized hydrogen and oxygen and wrote the first list of elements
  • Joseph Proust

    Joseph Proust

    Discovered the law of constant composition
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    Formed a concrete version of the atomic theory and developed the law of multiple proportions
  • Michael Faraday

    Michael Faraday

    discovered electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis
  • J.J. Thomson

    J.J. Thomson

    used cathode rays to discover the negativily charged electron
  • Henri Becquerel

    Henri Becquerel

    helped discover radioactivity
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    father of nuclear physics and discovered the proton
  • Marie and Pierre Curie

    Marie and Pierre Curie

    First to test radioactivity
  • Max Planck

    Max Planck

    originated quantum theory
  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein

    He developed the general theory of relativity
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr

    helped understand the atomic structure and quantum theory
  • Robert Andrews Millikan

    Robert Andrews Millikan

    discovered the elementary electronic charge
  • Louis De Broglie

    Louis De Broglie

    Came up with the wave nature of electrons
  • James Chadwick

    James Chadwick

    Discovered the neutron
  • Erwin Schrödinger

    Erwin Schrödinger

    He mad the wave equation
  • Otto Hahn

    Otto Hahn

    discovered nuclear fission
  • Lise Meitner

    Lise Meitner

    helped discover nuclear fission
  • Glenn T. Seaborg

    Glenn T. Seaborg

    discoved ten transuranium elements
  • Aristotle

    Aristotle

    Disagreed with Democritus and believed the earth was made by 5 elements (Earth, water, air, fire, and aether)