History of the Atom

By Aidan Fink

  • Eugene Goldstein

    Eugene Goldstein
    Discovered positive particles

  • Max Planck

    Max Planck
    Created the quantum theory.

  • Robert Millikan

    Robert Millikan
    Was able to accurately determine the charge carried by an electron.

  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr
    Made a model of the Atom in which the electron was able to occupy only certain orbits around the nucleus.

  • Erwin Schrodinger

    Erwin Schrodinger
    Created an equation that calculated the energy level of electrons in the Atoms.

  • Werner Heisenberg

    Werner Heisenberg
    Discovered the uncertainty principle.