History Of The Atom

  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton proposed the idea that the world is composed of small solid masses in motion.
  • Lavoisier

    Lavoisier was a French Chemist who proved the conservation of matter.
  • Coulomb

    Formed Coulomb's Law: the force one timy charged object
    exerts on a second one is proportional to the amount of
    charge on one times the amount of charge on the others
    and inversely proportional to the square of the distance
    between them.
  • Solid Sphere Model

    Solid Sphere Model
    John Dalton proposed his theory of the atomic structure through his Solid Sphere Model.
  • Marie Sklodowska Curie & Pierre Curie

    They both isolated two other radioactive elements, radium and polonium.
  • W.K. Roentgen

    Discovered X-Rays.
  • Becquerel

    A French physicist who found that rays coming from a
    uranium ore affected a photographic plate like X-rays did.
    The rays were not from an external source and were more
    powerful than those from a sample of pure uranium. His
    experiment led to the discovery of natural radioactivity.
  • Plum Puding Model

    Plum Puding Model
    JJ Thompson introduced his thoery of the atomic structure through his Plum Pudding model.
  • Albert Einstein

    Proposed the quantum of light in which he states that light
    behaves like a particle but also has a wave nature, giving it
    a dual nature. Stated the equivalence of energy and mass
    through the theory of special relativity.
  • Robert Millikan

    Robert Millikan
    Discovered the charge of an electron with his oil drop
    experiment. This experement took 9 years to fully come to a conclusion.
  • Rutherford's Nuclear Model

    Rutherford's Nuclear Model
    In 1909, Rutherford conducted the famous Gold Foil experement and came up with his own nuclear model. In 1911, he disproved JJ Thompson's plum pudding model theory.
  • Rutherford's Gold Foil Experement

    Rutherford's Gold Foil Experement
    Rutherford's gold foil experement proved JJ Thompson's atomic structure theory wrong.
  • Planetary Solar Model

    Planetary Solar Model
    In 1915, Neils Bohr proposed his famous Planetery Solar Model of the atomic structure.
  • Electron Cloud Model

    Electron Cloud Model
    Erwin Schrodinger proposed his Electron Cloud Model of the atomic structure.
  • Geiger

    Demonstrated that energy and mass are conserved in
    atomic processes.
  • Chadwick

    Discovered the neutron.
  • Otto Hahn

    Found that when Uranium is bombarded by neutrons it
    produces smaller nuclei roughly half the size of the original
    Uranium nucleus.
  • Lise Meitner

    Realized that Hahn was splitting the Uranium nucleus,
    something never done before.
  • Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig

    These two suggested the movement of these atoms and whats inside of them.