Atom Theory Timeline
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Ancient Greek Model
Democritus
Ancient Greek Model
400 B.C.
Said atoms don't get destroyed.
Dalton Model
John Dalton
Dalton Model
1803
Said the atoms didn't disappear they just changed orders.
Thompson Model
Joseph Thompson
Plum Pudding Model
1897
First to conclude that there are particles smaller than an atom.
Rutherford Greek Model
Ernest Rutherford
Rutherford Model
1908
That an atom is mostly empty space.
Broglie & Schrodinger Model
Broglie & Schrodinger
Electron Cloud Model
1920's
Electron behave like particles and waves at the same time.