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500
Democritus
First person to say that matter could not be infinitely divided. Coined the term "atomos" and atoms could not be created, destroyed, or further divided. -
506
Aristotle
Denied existence of atoms due to his personal ideas of nature. -
Dalton
Took Democritus ideas about matter and revised them based off his personal scientific research. -
J.J. Thompson
Received noble peace prize in 1906 due to discovery of the electron -
Ernest Rutherford
Rutherford calculated that an atom was mostl empty space to move around in.
