Atomic Theory

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Democritus

    What questions were being asked?Pythagoras
    On the Disposition of the Wise Man
    On the Things in Hades
    Tritogenia
    On Manliness or On Virtue
    The Horn of Amaltheia
    On Contentment
    Ethical Commentaries
  • John Dalton

    When was this person’s work done?1800-1844
    What questions were being asked?what happens if we freeze liquids
    Whose work influenced this person?
    What was proposed by this person about the atom? the atomic theory Include the four ideas of Dalton’s atomic theory
    Any other interesting things?
    Elements are made of extremely small particles called atoms.
    Atoms of a given element are identical in size, mass, and other properties; atoms of different elements differ in size, mass, and other properties
  • Dmitri Mendeleev

    When was this person’s work done?1856-1907
    What questions were being asked?properties of elements
    Whose work influenced this person?not sure
    What was developed by this person? the periodic

    Any other interesting things?He traveled all over russia
  • JJ Thomson

    When was this person’s work done?
    What questions were being asked?
    Whose work influenced this person?
    What particle did he discover? electron
    Describe the experiment performed by this person.when he used a magnet to deflect the cathode ray in the crookes tube to show negative also
    Describe the model of the atom proposed by this person a cycle that is positively charged with electrons inside of it
    Any other interesting things?
  • Max Planck

    When was this person’s work done?April 23, 1858
    What questions were being asked? black body radiation
    Whose work influenced this person?albert einstein
    Describe his experiment.
    What was the theory proposed by this person? heat theory
    Any other interesting things?
  • Niels Bohr

    When was this person’s work done?1903-1962
    What questions were being asked?
    Whose work influenced this person?Werner Heisenberg
    Wolfgang Pauli
    Paul Dirac
    Lise Meitner
    Max Delbrück Describe his model of the atom. The nucleus than 3 shells
    Any other interesting things?had 6 kids 2 died others where successful Eiels worked on the manhattan project
  • Ernest Rutherford

    When was this person’s work done?1907-1937
    What questions were being asked?distance which electromagnetic waves were detected
    Whose work influenced this person?JJ Thomson
    What was observed by this person? The alpha radiation was hydrogen ions
    Describe his experiment. He changed nitrogen into oxygen
    Describe his model of the atom. The atomic symbol
    Any other interesting things? in the manchester university was radiation for his experiment
  • Robert Millikana

    When was this person’s work done?1910-1945

    What questions were being asked?used electricity to change the flow of oil
    Whose work influenced this person? Albert Einstein
    What was measured by this person? the electromagnetic wave
    Describe his experiment. He used an electromagnetic charge to find the charge of and electron
    Any other interesting things?
  • James Chadwick

    When was this person’s work done?1932-1959
    What questions were being asked?what can and atom do
    Whose work influenced this person? Ernest Rutherford
    What was proposed about atoms by this person?the neutron Any other interesting things?
  • Erwin Schrodinger

    When was this person’s work done?1939-1961
    What questions were being asked? problems of genetics
    Whose work influenced this person?Arthur Schopenhauer
    What was developed by this person?ihposeidon=Hposeidon
    Describe his model of the atom. nucleus 1s 2s 2p 3s
    Any other interesting things?His wife died 4 years later after him, live with two women and a cat milton at the same time, wrote a book What is Life?
  • Murray Gell-Mann

    When was this person’s work done?1947-1993
    What questions were being asked? what are protons,electrons and neutrons made of.
    Whose work influenced this person? him self
    What was proposed by this person? played a large role in the string theory Quarks
    Any other interesting things? when to yale at 15.