History of Atom Timeline - Kyle Bettinger

  • Democritus
    380 BCE

    Democritus

    He believed that everything in the universe was made up of atoms.
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    Developed a crude method for measuring the masses of the elements in a compound. Dalton's Atomic Theory: All elements are composed of atoms. Atoms of the same element are identical.
  • Dimitri Mendeleev

    Dimitri Mendeleev

    He was the one who discovered the periodic table.
  • Eugene Goldstein

    Eugene Goldstein

    He discovered protons with the experiments he did with cathode rays
  • J.J. Thomson

    J.J. Thomson

    He was the first person to discover an electron. He used a cathode ray tube.
  • Max Planck

    Max Planck

    Best known as the originator of the quantum theory of energy
  • Robert Millikan

    Robert Millikan

    Discovered the elementary change of an electron using the oil-drop experiment
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    He was the first person to discover the nucleus. The nucleus is small, the nucleus is dense, the nucleus is positively charged
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr proposed a theory for the hydrogen atom based on quantum theory that energy is transferred only in certain well defined quantities.
  • Erwin Schrodinger

    Erwin Schrodinger

    Used mathematical equations to describe the likelihood of finding an electron in a certain position.
  • James Chadwick

    James Chadwick

    He was the first person to discover the neutron by comparing electric charges and masses of different atoms. The neutron is found in the nucleus with the proton.
  • Werner Heisenberg

    Werner Heisenberg

    Was known for his uncertainty principle and theory of quantum mechanics.