Atom

Scientest

  • Democritus
    400

    Democritus

    400 B.C

    he made first model of atom .
  • Aristotle
    400

    Aristotle

    400 B.C
    he opposed Democritus' theory . he thought only 4 elements were in everything . ( earth , fire , air, water , )
  • 500

    Leucippus

    500 BC . He thought everything was made up of something .
  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton

    3 laws of motion
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    1. All matter is made of atoms
    2. all atoms of the same element are the same , atoms made of different elements are different
    3. Atoms combine to make compounds
    4. Atoms are rearrange .
  • JJ Thomson

    JJ Thomson

    discovered the electron and made the plum pudding model
    he used the cathode ray tube to discover electron .
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    said atoms have positive charges in a small , dense nucleus .
    'gold foil experiment'
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr

    said electrons travel on rings , the more the rings , the higher the energy level . they can move from ring to ring but it takes energy .
  • Schroedinger

    Schroedinger

    Described a cloud - like region where an electron is likely to be found
  • John Chadwick

    John Chadwick

    Discovered the Nuetron .
  • Thales of Miletus

    585 BC . Thales noticed static , which paved for future discoveries .