quantum theory

  • democritus
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    democritus

    everything is made of indivisible particles called atoms
  • john dalton

    john dalton

    everything is made of atoms. they cant be broken down. atoms of each element are unique
  • jj thompson

    jj thompson

    discovered electron. pudding model
  • earnest rutherford

    earnest rutherford

    atoms are mostly space w/ small dense pos nucleus
  • neils bohr

    neils bohr

    organized electrons into energy levels
  • ernest rutherford

    ernest rutherford

    finds 1st evidence of proton
  • arthur compton

    arthur compton

    comfirms photons as particles
  • louis de broglie

    louis de broglie

    propoes matter has wave properties
  • wolfgang pauli

    wolfgang pauli

    formulates exclusion principle for electrons in an atom
  • walter bothe/hans geiger

    walter bothe/hans geiger

    demonstrates energy & mass are conserved in atomic processes
  • erwin schroedinger

    erwin schroedinger

    developes wave mechanics
  • werner heisenberg

    werner heisenberg

    formulates uncertainty principle
  • paul dirac

    paul dirac

    combines quantum mechanics & special relavitivty to describe electron
  • wolfgang pauli

    wolfgang pauli

    suggests neutrino to explain continuous electron spectrum for beta decay
  • james chadwick

    james chadwick

    discovers neutron