Andrew Meyer; Famous Dead Guys

By andrew.meyer
  • 101

    Thales 600 BC

    Cosmological Thesis, everything is made out of water
  • 101

    Democritus 400 BC

    Matters smallest piece is an atom.
  • 101

    Aristotle 400 BC

    Believed everything was comprised of the four main elements.

  • SIr Isaac Newton

    Backed Democritus's theory of the atom.

  • Dalton

    Atomic theory of matter.

  • Antoine Henry Becquerel

    Discovered radioactivity.

  • JJ Thompson

    Discovered electron, cathode ray tube experiment.

  • Robert Milikan

    Oil drop experiment which determined mass of electrons and charge. Changed model to the plum pudding model.

  • Rutherford

    Gold foil experiment to find the nucleous.

  • Niels Bohr

    Found that electrons orbit the nucleous.

  • Francis Aston

    Discorved isotopes.

  • Erwin Schrodinger

    Created electron clouds.

  • James Chadwick

    Found neutron.