Pierson Todd: Atomic Timeline

  • The Alchemists
    500 BCE

    The Alchemists

    The alchemists layed down the foundation of the modern periodic table and discovered a substance that could turn normal metals into gold. Brittanca.com
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  • Plato
    427 BCE

    Plato

    Introduced the atomic theory sutori.com
  • Democritus
    400 BCE

    Democritus

    Theorized that all material things are composed of atoms. Brittanica.com
  • Robert Boyle

    Robert Boyle

    Supported the idea that all material is composed of fundamental particles from particles from which all other materials are constructed. Study.com
  • Antoine Lavoisier

    Antoine Lavoisier

    He found out that oxygen was a key substance in combustion. www.brittanica.com
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    He proposed that atoms composed all matter and created the billiard ball model. Course.lumenlearing.com
  • Amedeo Avogadro

    Amedeo Avogadro

    Created the avogrodo number to calculate chemical reactions. brittanica.com
  • Dmitri Mendeleev

    Dmitri Mendeleev

    Devised the periodic classification of the chemical elements. brittanica.com
  • JJ Thompson

    JJ Thompson

    Discovered the Electron and created the plum pudding model. Sutori.com
  • Pierre and Marie Curie

    Pierre and Marie Curie

    Discovered the strongly radioactive elements known as polonium and radium. brittanica.com
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    Determined there were 2 types of radiation, those being alpha and beta, and created the solar system model. Sutori.com
  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein

    Mathematically proved the existence of atoms. Brittanica.com
  • Robert Millikan

    Robert Millikan

    Successfully determined the magnitude of the electrons charge nobelprize.org
  • Neils Bohr

    Neils Bohr

    Proposed a theory for the hydrogen atom based on the quantum theory. Nobelprize.org
  • Henry G.J Mosely

    Henry G.J Mosely

    He created Mosely's law which is characterized considering x-rays that are produced by atoms. Sutori.com
  • Erwin schrodinger

    Erwin schrodinger

    He used mathematical equations to describe the likelihood of finding an electron in a certain position. brittanica.com
  • Werner Heisenburg

    Werner Heisenburg

    Created the uncertainty principle and theory of quantum mechanics. brittanica.com
  • Erwin Schrodinger

    Erwin Schrodinger

    Used mathematical equations to describe the likelihood of finding an electron to a certain position and created the electron cloud model. Brittanica.com
  • James Chadwich

    James Chadwich

    James Chadwich discovered the neutrons, a part of the atom. brittanica.com
  • James Chadwich

    James Chadwich

    Discovered neutrons, a part of the atom. brittanica.com