Atoms

By kyrayne
  • Period: 400 BCE to 400 BCE

    Democritus

    Thought of The Theory of the Universe. He thought if you take a piece of matter and divide it, it will continue to divide
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    John Dalton

    The first to adapt Democritus' theory. He thought of the atomic model
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    JJ Thompson

    Discovered the electron as well as the cathode ray tube. He had his own model, The Plum Pudding Model
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    Ernst Rutherford

    Not convinced by Thompson's model. The Rutherford Model then came into play
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    Niels Bohr

    The Bohr Model added to what Rutherford's model had
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    Erwin Schrodinger

    Came up with the Quantum Mechanics Model that we still use today