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400 BCE
Democritus
Democritus was a Greek Philosopher who realized that everything was made up of Atoms -
John Dalton
John Dalton was a British scientist who studied Democritus's work and soon then realized that atoms were like hard balls and couldn't be split. -
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was the scientist who proved that atoms were real. -
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand scientist that worked in Manchester. He was able to prove that there were small particles inside atoms called Protons, Nuetrons and Electros -
Today
Today atoms are recognized as everything, we also now know that there are even smaller particles in atoms such as Quarks, Neutrinos, Muons and Gluons.