Atoms

  • 440 BCE

    Democritus

    proposed first idea of the atom: substances made up of tiny indestructible, invisible particles called "atomos."
  • John Dalton

    He proposed atomic theory, with spherical solid masses in motion. Atoms can't be made or destroyed.
  • J.J. Thomson

    Identifies electrons as particles present in every atom
  • Ernest Rutherford

    discovers positively charged nucleus of the atom

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