Mad scientist

scientist

  • democritus
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    democritus

    His hypothesis was that matter is made of indivisible particles caaled atoms. -"father of modern science"
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    His hypothesis was that matter was made of spherical masses in motion.
  • J.plucker

    J.plucker

    used cathode rays, used with electrons
  • William Rotegen

    William Rotegen

    discovered x-rays that use cathode rays that involve atomic theory.
  • JJ. Thomson

    JJ. Thomson

    described the atom as a ball of positive charge containing a number of electrons
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    Used the "Gold Foil" experiment to determine that the nucleus of the atom is very dense and had a positive charge. Discovered the proton. Electrons were outside the nucleus of the atom.
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr

    explained the atomic structure of the atom as succesive orbital shells of electrons
    model is known as the Bohr plantary model
  • schrodinger

    schrodinger

    identified the electron cloud model as the probable location of moving electrons.
  • cockroft and walton

    cockroft and walton

    figured out you could split the arom.
  • james chadwick

    james chadwick

    discovered a particle within the nucleus that has a mass similar to that of a proton. thus, he credited with discovering the neutron.
  • openheimer

    openheimer

    atomic bomb which was made from cockroft and waltons discoveries was dropped on Japan to end world war two.