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500 BCE
The Alchemists
Dalton's most important contribution to science was his theory that matter is composed of atoms of differing weights and combine in simple ratios by weight. he also wanted to be the creator. -
442 BCE
Democritus
A greek philosopher who held that everything is composed of "atoms," which are physically, but not geometrically, indivisible; that between atoms, there lies empty space; that atoms are indestructible -
428 BCE
Plato
HE was known for coming up with the elements -
384 BCE
Aristotle
He provided us with knowledge of natural science including phyicsis. which dives a good amount of information on astronomy. -
Robert Boyle
The person who discovered that the volume of a gas decreases with increasing pressure and vice versa the famous Boyle's law. A leading scientist and intellectual of his day. -
Lavoisier
Lavoisier was able to decompose the red calx into mercury and oxygen, but he could find no way to break down oxygen into two or more new substances. -
John Dalton
John Dalton is best known for his pioneering theory of atomism. He also developed methods to calculate atomic weights and structures and formulated of partial pressures. -
Dmitri Mendeleev
Created the periodic table -
The Curies
He said the radio active martials causes atoms to break down spontaineisley -
JJ Thomason
HE was the first to discover the electron -
Albert Einstein
HE was known for as the creator of the special ang general theories of relativity and for his intelligent hypotheses concerning light -
Robert Millikan
Robert Millikan. His oil drop experiment helped to quantify the charge of an electron, which contributed greatly to our understanding of the structure of the atom and atomic theory -
Ernest Rutherford
Got a noble laureate for his pioneering work in nuclear physics theory of structure to the atom -
Neils Bohr
He made numerous constructions to our understanding of atomic structure and quantum -
Henry G.J Moseley
Discovering that the number of protons in an element and its atomic number
