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history of atomic theory

By jrs415
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    Democritus

    Democritus
    Democritus is the father of modern science and created the first atomic theory.
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton
    John Dalton created the second atomic theory which states: atoms are invisible and indestructable, atoms can neither be created or destroyed, and that all atoms of a given element are identical
  • J.J. Thomson

    J.J. Thomson
    created third atomic theory which says that the charges in both posistive and negative are equal in magnetude
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford
    Ernest Rutherford created the fourth atomic theory and the first acurate one. He discovered that the atom must have almost all of its mass in the center.
  • Neils Bohr

    Neils Bohr
    discovered that electrons orbit the nucleus without losing energy
  • James Chadwick

    James Chadwick
    James Chadwick worked with Ernest Rutherford in his laboratory and he discovered the neutron.