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.