EVOLUTION OF ATOMS

DEMOCRITUS - 400 B.C.

Proposed an Atomic Theory, that all Atoms are small, hard, invinsible,
and indestructible made into a single particle with different shapes and
sizes. Some Atoms are pointy, oily, have hooks and etc. To account for
their properties.

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ISAAC NEWTON – 1703 THEORY
Isaac Newton theorized a mechanical universe, with small, solid masses
in motion. Atomic theory posited that all matter is made up small
indestructible units he called atoms.

JOHN DALTON – 1803 THEORY

Dalton's model of the atom (ESAAO) John Dalton proposed that all
matter is composed of very small things which he called atoms. This
was not a completely new concept as the ancient Greeks (notably
Democritus) had proposed that all matter is composed of small,
indivisible (cannot be divided) objects.
MICHAEL FARADEY – 1832 THEORY
In the 1830's, Michael Faraday, a British physicist, made one of the
most significant discoveries that led to the idea that atoms had an
electrical component. Faraday placed two opposite electrodes in a
solution of water containing a dissolved compound. He observed that
one of the elements of the dissolved compound accumulated on one
electrode, and the other element was deposited on the opposite elect

MAX PLANCK – 1900 THEORY

Which revolutionized human understanding of atomic and subatomic
processes. Proposed the idea of quantization to explain how a hot,
glowing object emitted light.
LOUIS DE BROGLIE – 1923 THEORY
In his 1924 thesis, he discovered the wave nature of electrons and
suggested that all matter have wave properties.

JOHN COCKROFT - 1929 THEORY

Created the first nuclear reaction, producing alpha particles. Sir John
Douglas Cockcroft is best known for his work in Atomic Physics. In
1951, he and his colleague Ernest Walton received the Nobel Prize, “for
their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially
accelerated atomic particles”- popularly referred to as 'splitting the
atom.
ENRICO FERMI – 1942 (LATEST) THEORY
Enrico Fermi created the first man-made nuclear reactor. Fermi held
several patents related to the use of nuclear power, and was awarded
the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on induced radioactivity by
neutron bombardment and for the discovery of transuranium elements.
... Fermi's first major contribution was to statistical mechanics.