SCIENTISTS TO KNOW

Dmitri Mendeleev: Developed the periodic table and formulated the periodic law, predicting the properties of undiscovered elements.

J.J. Thomson: Discovered the electron and proposed the Plum Pudding model of the atom, expanding our understanding of atomic structure.

Ernest Rutherford: Conducted the gold foil experiment, leading to the discovery of the nucleus and the development of the Rutherford model of the atom.

Niels Bohr: Introduced the Bohr model of the atom which described electron orbits around the nucleus and explained the emission spectra of hydrogen.

Erwin Schrödinger: Developed the quantum mechanical model of the atom, which incorporates wave-particle duality and presents electrons as probability clouds rather than fixed orbits, thereby revolutionizing our comprehension of atomic behavior.

Dalton: Proposed the atomic theory, which stated that all matter is composed of indivisible atoms and introduced the idea of atomic weights.

Democritus: Coined the term Atomos