History of the Atom Timeline by Hayden LeBlanc, Blaine Cox, and Daryl Brumfield.

  • Democritus (460 BC)
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    Democritus (460 BC)

    He discovered that everything is physically made up of atoms. They are physically but nit geometrically invisible.
    He used thouhts to make his discovery.
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  • Thompson

    Thompson

    He dicovered the electron
    He shot electrical currents through pipes of glass filled with gal of a low density.
    Raisin in the plum pudding model
    http://www.nobeliefs.com/atom.htm
  • Dalton

    Dalton

    Formed the atomic theory which states all matter had indestructable,little particles named atoms
    http://www.nobeliefs.com/atom.htm
  • Aristotle (340 BC)

    Aristotle (340 BC)

    He believed that no matter how many times you cut a form of matter in half, you would still have a smaller piece.
    Used the four elements, earth, air, water, and fire.
    http://www.nobeliefs.com/atom.htm
  • Rutherford

    Rutherford

    States that all mass of atom are in small, posotive particles that are all at the center.
    used experiments with gold foil.
    http://www.nobeliefs.com/atom.htm
  • Bohr

    Bohr

    Stated that electrons moved around the nucleus in an orbit.
    Hydrogen experiments.
    called the Bohr atomic model.
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  • Heisenburg and Schrodinger

    Heisenburg and Schrodinger

    Schrodinger equation forms waves that govern motion of all small particles and can be altered by outward forces.
    Two slit experiment
    Electron cloud model.
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