History of the atom

  • Dalton's Atom Model

    Dalton was an English chemist and teacher who formulated the atomic theory of matter based off of experimental evidence.
  • Thompson's Atom Model

    J.J. Thomson was an English physicist whose atomic model was based around the discovery and identification of the electron.
  • Rutherford's Atom Model

    Ernest Rutherford was physicist from New Zealand whose experiments led him to the discovery of alpha and beta radiation, and earned the title Father of Nuclear Physics.
  • Bohr's Atom Model

    Niels Bohr was a Danish physicist whose atomic model was based on an expansion of Rutherford's atomic model.
  • Schrodinger's Atom Model

    Erwin Schrodinger was an Austrian physicist whose atomic model states that electrons don't move in any set path.

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