History of Atomic Theory

  • 487 BCE

    Leuppitus and Democritus

    Created theory that matter has tiny particles called atoms
  • Investigation add-on/ revised

    German phycisist Goldstein founded that there was a positive and negative charge for all matter
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Created experiment with gold foil and screen covered with zinc sulfide
  • Scientific Investigation

    Scientists investigate what "stuff" is made of