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Democritus 370 B.C.
Matter can't be divided into smaller and smaller pieces forever. Named smallest piece "Atomos" meaning not to be cut. -
John Dalton
Law of porportion, Solid Sphere model -
J.j Thomson
Expirements of conduction of electricity by gasses -
Robert Millikan
Charge carried by electrons,found that it was constant for all electrons -
Neils Bohr
Said electrons orbit the nucleus without losing energy can only move in made the planetary model -
Albert Einstein
Discovery of photoelectric effect -
Louis de Broglie
Thought that electrons could be both particle and waves. Proven by electron beams bending through a slit -
Wolfgang Pauli
Made the exclusion principle (Pauli Principle) -
Werner Heisenberg
quantum mechanics theory -
Erwin Schödinger
Made a set of equations or wave functions for electrons. -
Ernest Rutherford
Disinigration of elements and chemistry of radioactive substances. -
James Chadwick
Identified the neutron. With no mass just a charge. -
Works Cited
"HISTORY OF THE ATOM FROM DEMOCRITUS TO BOHR AND SCHRÖDINGER." HISTORY OF THE ATOM FROM DEMOCRITUS TO BOHR AND SCHRÖDINGER. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2013. "History of Atoms." History of Atoms. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2013.