History of Atoms

  • Democritus
    400 BCE

    Democritus

    First to suggest Atoms were tiny indestructible beings
  • Period: 400 BCE to

    History of Atoms

  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    All matter is made of atoms that are invisible and indestructible
  • Dmitri mendeleev

    Dmitri mendeleev

    First to use trends in the periodic table to predict properties of missing elements.
  • Eugene Goldstein

    Eugene Goldstein

    Discovered protons by using cathode rays and attracting them to a positive charge
  • J.J. Thomson

    J.J. Thomson

    used a crookes tube to demonstrate cathode rays are negatively charged.
  • Max planck

    Max planck

    originated the quantum theory
  • Robert Millikan

    Robert Millikan

    oil drop experiment helped quantify the charge of an electron
  • Nielso Bohr

    Nielso Bohr

    THeory that energy is only transferred in well defined quantities
  • Erwin Schrodinger

    Erwin Schrodinger

    Used mathematical equations to describe the likelihood of finding an atom in a certain position
  • James chadwick

    James chadwick

    used beryllium with alpha particles causing radiation and discovering neutrons.
  • werner Heisenberg

    werner Heisenberg

    Found the uncertainty principle and quantum mechanics
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    used the gold foil experiment to show the nucleus is tiny and heavy