The History of the atom

By matthew.harte

  • John Dalton (1766-1844)

    John Dalton (1766-1844)
    Experimented on gases to learn more about them, his theories were Matter was made up of atoms, All atoms were identical, Atoms cannot be destroyed or created via chemical

  • Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937)

    Created new model of atom, most empty space, positive nucleus, electro

  • JJ Thomson (1856-1940)

    JJ Thomson (1856-1940)
    Experimented with elctric charges, created 'plum pudding' model

  • Niels Bohr (1885-1962

    Niels Bohr (1885-1962
    Agreed with Rutherford that atom was empty, which orbits around nucleus

  • James Chadwick (1891-1974)

    Found proof of another particle in the nucleus, this was a neutron