Famous Atomic Theorists

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Who discovered the negatively charged subatomic particle named the electron?

JJ Thomson

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Who discovered that the atom is mostly empty space from the gold foil experiment?

Ernest Rutherford

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Who believed that matter has a smallest indivisible particle called 'atomos'?

Democritus

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Who discovered the neutron?

James Chadwick

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Who proved that the atom actually exists using the Law of Definite Proportions?

John Dalton

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Who used mathematical expressions to describe the probable location of electrons in the atom?

Erwin Schrodinger

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Who is called the 'Father of the Modern Atomic Theory'?

John Dalton

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Who discovered the dense center of the atom called the nucleus?

Ernest Rutherford

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Who stated that electrons 'orbit' the nucleus in specific energy levels?

Neils Bohr

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Who discovered that the nucleus is positively charged?

Ernest Rutherford

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Who formulated the Uncertainty Principle regarding the precision of physical properties?

Werner Heisenberg