G Hurley Famous Dead Guy Timeline

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    Democritus- 429 BC

    First person to think of the atom.
    Thought atom was a solid circle.
  • 101

    Aristole- 400 BC

    He thought everything was made of fire, earth, air, and water.
  • Sir Isaac Newton- 1704

    He thought there were tiny pieces of mass.
  • John Dalton- 1766

    He came up with the atomic therapy.
    All matter is composed of atoms. true
    Atoms can not be made or destroyed. False
    All atoms of the same element are identical. false
    Different elements have different types of atoms. true
    Chem. reactions occur when atoms are rearranged. true
    Comp. are found from atoms of different elements. true
  • Henri Becqueal- 1896

    He helped discover radioactivity.
  • JJ Thompson- 1897

    Discovered electrons.
  • Robert Milikan-1908

    He measured the charge of a single electron.
  • Rutherford-1911

    Discovered that an atom has a central positive nucleus.
  • Neils Bohr-1913

    Discovered the Bohr model.
  • Francis Aston-1920

    Discovered isotopes and identified 212 natural isotopes.
  • Erwin Shrodinger-1926

    Discovered the formula that caculated the odds of where an electron might be.
  • James Chadwick-1932

    Discovered the Neutron.