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Democritus' discovery acknowledged the existence of atoms and the idea that something like an atom could even be possible. -
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Dalton’s discovery essentially laid the groundwork for modern chemistry. -
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Faraday’s discovery helped shape the way we thought about electricity and magnetism, as well as how we think about atoms themselves. -
Goldstein’s discovery of canal rays, which are made up of protons, played a crucial role in understanding the atomic structure and aided the future of understanding subatomic particles. -
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Thomson’s discovery essentially disproved Dalton’s theory about the atom, and was able to push chemistry further because of it. -
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Millikan’s discovery about atom charges also later allowed him to determine their mass, which was a huge step in figuring out how atoms relate to fundamental physics concepts. -
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Rutherford’s discovery expanded our knowledge of the atom, and inspired new areas of physics and chemistry, including quantum physics. -
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Prior to Bohr’s discovery, people thought that particles simply crashed into the nucleus, and this realization disproved that idea. -
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Werner’s discovery allowed for a large advancement in how we perceive the behavior of subatomic particles; concluding that, at a quantum level, determinism did not govern. -
Schrödinger's discovery revolutionized our thinking about how subatomic particles behave, and his new model portrays that new behavior. -
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Chadwick’s discovery about the atom was pivotal to the discovery of nuclear fission, and ultimately led to the development of the atomic bomb. His model was the first to present a third subatomic particle, the neutron. -
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