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Dalton:Solid Sphere Model
Dalton was a English chemist, who experienced with chemicals to show that the matter was made up of "lumpy material". Dalton's model was not very accurate but it showed that it had fundamentals. -
Thompson: The Plum Pudding Model
In 1897, the English physicist J.J. Thomson discovered the electron and proposed a model for the structure of the atom. His model looked like raisins stuck on the surface of a lump of pudding. -
Rutherford: The Nuclear Model
In 1911 Ernest Rutherford thought it would prove interesting to bombard atoms with these alpha rays, figuring that this experiment could investigate the inside of the atom. Rutherford thought that the negative electrons orbited a positive center in a manner like the solar system where the planets orbit the sun. -
Bohr: The Bohr (Planetary) Model
In 1912 a Danish physicist, Niels Bohr came up with a theory that said the electrons do not spiral into the nucleus and came up with some rules for what does happen. Bohr said, "Here's some rules that seem impossible, but they describe the way atoms operate, so let's pretend they're correct and use them." -
Schrodinger: Quantum Mechanics Model
In 1926 the Austrian physicist, Erwin Schrödinger had an interesting idea. His theory worked kind of like harmonic theory for a violin string except that the vibrations traveled in circles. -
Ryan Gebert