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B.C. DEMOCRITUS
Democritus suggested atoms and void -
BOYLE
Boyle figured out the real definition of a element, and helped with the "death" of the old 4 elements -
LAVOISIER
Lavoisier discovered how combustion and oxidation works, and overthrew the phlogiston doctrine theory (the image). -
DALTON
Dalton found out the real definition of compounds, and suggested that chemical reactions are rearrangements of atoms. -
FARADAY
Faraday suggested that atoms have "forcefields" around them, and the separation of atoms distinguish state of matter -
MENDELEER
Mandeleer invented the periodic table of elements -
THOMSON
Thomson suggested that the atom is like a positive bun with negative raisins in it -
RUTHERFORD
Rutherford discovered the existence of the nucleus -
CURIE
Curie discovered radioactivity -
PLANCK
Opened quantum mechanics -
BOHR
Bohr suggested that electrons orbit the nucleus, and reactions depend on the outermost layer -
B.C. ARISTOTLE
He suggesed that everything is made of 4 elements, and things change because of conflict and harmony.