History of the Atom

  • Aristotle
    340

    Aristotle

    PictureHe was from Greece. Believed in the four elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water.
  • Democratus
    440

    Democratus

    PictureDemocratus was from abdera. In 440 BC, he created the 1st model of the atom. He named it the ATOM.
  • Period: 440 to

    History of the Atom (440 BC-2000)

  • Antoine Lavoisier

    Antoine Lavoisier

    He was from Paris. He created a common language for all scientist to use.
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    He was from England. He created the atomic theory of matter,
  • Henri Becquerel

    Henri Becquerel

    He was from Paris. He discovered Radio-activity.
  • J. J Thomson

    J. J Thomson

    He was born in England. He said there was small particles in every atom and atoms must ne negative. He proved Daltons theory wrong.
  • Marie and Pierre Curie

    Marie and Pierre Curie

    they are from France. They discovered elements, radium and polonium. Got they idea from Henri Becquerel's radioactivity idea.
  • Max Planck

    Max Planck

    He was from Germany. he said you can measure energy in discrete units.
  • Robert Millikan

    Robert Millikan

    He was from Europe. He discovered a valvue for electron mass by using the Oil Drop Experiment.
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    He was from New Zealand. He contributed to the absorbtion of radioactiity. (Alpha, Beta, Gamma rays) He also named protons, neutrons, and electrons.
  • Neils Bohr

    Neils Bohr

    He is danish. He created energy levels and models. Known as the Bohr model.
  • Henry Mosely

    Henry Mosely

    He was British. He discovered that the frequency of x-rays should depend on the charge of the nucleus.
  • Werner Heisenberg

    Werner Heisenberg

    He lived in Germany. He created the theory for structure of coordination complexes.
  • Erwin Schrodinger

    Erwin Schrodinger

    He was from Austria/Ireland. He discovered quantum mechanics and wave mechanics.
  • James Chadwick

    James Chadwick

    He is from England. He discovered the Neutron.