The Atom had been introduced by Antonie Lavoisier found the Max Planck found the Quantum Ernest

Max Planck found the Quantum Ernest Rutherford

Democritus. Aristotle did not
believe in the Atom Theory.
Aristotle believed that all matter
was made of "The Four Elements"
which are Fire, Earth, Air, and
Water.He did not have any proof to
support his theory. The Atom
Theory had no proof as well.
People believed and supported
Aristotle's theory because in that
time Aristotle was one of the
greatest minds and had many
followers.
two elements that make up
water. He named one Oxygen
(Greek for becoming sharp)
because of the acid in it.
He named the other Hydrogen
(greek for water former). His
finding did not change the
current atom model of his
time, it just added another
element.
Theory. The Quantum theory states discovered the nucleus. His
Henri Becquerel discovered
"In 1900 Max Planck made a theory was the atom has a
uranium produced x-ray
profound discovery in modern physics positive nucleus with
radiation. Which led him to
discover radioactivity. All this . He showed that light must be negative electrons orbiting
happened as he was emitted and absorbed in discrete around it. This changed the
investigating amounts if it was to correctly describe atom greatly because it was
phosphorescence. Henri's observed phenomena Prior to then now known that most of the
discovery showed that the
light had been considered as a atoms weight is in the
atom was not undivisable or continuous electromagnetic wave,
nucleus.His model was
able to change shape.
thus the discrete nature of light was known as planetary system
completely unexpected." model.Ernest rutherford was
the student of JJ Thompson.

Democritus: 460 B.C. John Dalton developed the

Atomic Theory in 1800. He
Democritus began with the idea
still believed that the atom
that everything could be broken
was the smallest unit of
down into smaller peices. This is
matter, and that it could not
how he came upon his
be bvroken down. He
AtomTheory. Aristotle did not
believed in Democritus'
believe in this theory. Democritus
theory of the atom looking
stated that everything could be
like a marble. John Dalton
broken down into atoms. To
also tried to calculate the
Democritus the atom looked like a
atomic weight of
marble.
compounds. He also tried
to come up with the atomic
stuructures of atoms.
JJ Thompson discovered Marie and Pierre Curie
Robert Millikan was Niels Bhor proposed a new
the electron using the were a married couple.
responsible for finding the atom model that would
cathode-ray tube.in 1904 After their marriage they
charge of a single allow the electrons to be
Thompson thought the continued to work together
electron.He did this using outside the nucleus and in
atoms was a sphere of in science. The couple
his oil drop expirement. orbit around the nucleus.
positive force with discovered two elements:
He proved that subatomic Bhor said the electrons
electrons around it. This the first is poloium the
particles do exsist. were on a special orbit. His
is known as the plum sceond is radium their
Millikan is also credited model is knowen as the
pudding discovery did dnot chage
with proving einstein. he Bhor Model.
model.Thompson also the model of teh atom it just
did this by using the
created a mass added to the known
Photoelectric effect.
spectrograph which elements during that time.
found isotopes.