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The discovery of the Atom

  • 460 BCE

    Democritus.

    Democritus.
    He was the firts person that used the term atom and he created the theory of the universe.
  • 460 BCE

    Democritus.

    Democritus.
    • He was a philosopher born in Greece in 460 BCE and died in 370 BCE.
    • He was the main figure of the philosophical atomism.
  • John Dalton.

    John Dalton.
    • He was a British chemist born in 6 of september of 1766.
    • He received his early education from his father.
    • He had attained a considerable scientific reputation.
  • John Dalton.

    John Dalton.
    He was the first men that adopted Democritus theory and conver it into the first modern atomic model.
  • William Crookes.

    William Crookes.
    • He was born in 17 June of 1832
    • Crookes was a British chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry.
    • He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes.
    • His experiments in chemistry and physics were known for the originality of their design
  • J.J Thomson.

    J.J Thomson.
    • He was born in Manchester in 18 December 1856 and he died in 30 August 1940.
    • Thomson was a physicist who is credited for discovering the
    electron.
    • He used the cathode ray tube in his discovery.
    • When he was only 14, he entered Owens College, now the University of Manchester.
  • Robert Millikan.

    Robert Millikan.
    • He was a pysicist born in March 22 of 1868 In U.S.
    • He Died in December 19 of 1953.
    • He was honoured with the nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for his study in electronic charges and the photelectric effect.
    • Millikan graduated from Oberlin College.
  • William Crookes.

    William Crookes.
    He discovered the electron by reconstructing the cathode ray.
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford
    • He was born in August 30 of 1871 in New Zealand.
    • He died in October 19 of 1937.
    • He won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1908.
  • Niels Bohr.

    Niels Bohr.
    • He was born in October 7 1885 in Denmark.
    • He died in November 18of 1962.
    • Danish physicist who is known as one of the principal physicists of the 20th century.
    • For his work he received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922.
  • Henry Moseley.

    Henry Moseley.
    • He was born in November 23, 1887, England.
    • He died August 10, 1915, Gallipoli, Turkey.
    • He was educated at Trinity College.
  • Erwin Schrödinger.

    Erwin Schrödinger.
    • He was born in august 12 of 1887 in Austria.
    • He died in January 4 1961 in Vienna.
    • He comtributed to the wave theory of matter and to other fundaments of quantum mechanics wining the Nobel Prize for physiscs in 1933.
  • James Chadwick.

    James Chadwick.
    • He was born in October 20 1891 in england.
    • He died in July 24, 1974 in cambridge.
    • He recieved the Nobel prize for physics in 1935 for the discovery of the neutron.
    • Chadwick was educated at the University of Manchester.
  • J.J Thomson.

    J.J Thomson.
    He also disvered the electron by using the cathode ray tube.
  • Robert Millikan.

    Robert Millikan.
    He discovered the elementary charge of an electron using the oil drop experiment during the year 1910
  • Ernest Rutherford.

    Ernest Rutherford.
    Discovered the nucleus of the atom in 1911.
  • Henry Moseley.

    Henry Moseley.
    He created the Moseley law that demonstrated that an element could be represented by an atomic number.
  • Niels Bohr.

    Niels Bohr.
    He was the first to apply the quantum concept in 1913 when he made a theory of the hydrogen atom based on energy transfer.
  • Erwin Schrödinger.

    Erwin Schrödinger.
    He did a wave equation for electron movements in the year 1924
  • James Chadwick.

    James Chadwick.
    In 1932, Chadwick made a discovery in the domain of nuclear science he proved the existence of neutrons.