Atomic Structure Timeline Atoms are the basic building block of everyday human life. Atoms are the basic units of matter and the defining structure of elements. Due to information found by previous scientists we now know that atoms are made up of three parts known as particles. These particles are knowns as protons, electrons, and neutrons. These are also made up of even smaller particles known as quarks. Throughout the years there were multiple scientist who developed theories about the atomic timeline and the structure of an atom. Starting with Democritus and ending with Glenn T. Seaborg they all developed different concepts about how atoms are formed, what they are made up of, and the structure of them. John …show more content…
Dalton's experiments on gases led to his discovery that the total pressure of a mixture of gases amounted to the sum of the partial pressures that each individual gas exerted while occupying the same space. In 1803 this scientific principle officially came to be known as Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures.His explanation also included the ideas that atoms exist separately from each other, that there are an infinite amount of atoms, that atoms are able to move, that they can combine together to create matter but do not merge to become a new atom, and that they cannot be divided. However because most philosophers and scientists believed that matter was made up from the elements earth, wind, fire, and water Dalton’s theory was proved to be null and void. It was put to the side but was always used as a reference for further scientists. Due to further research in the future it was proved that Dalton’s theory was really wrong and his research on the atomic theory was proved to be incorrect. But because of the fact that technology was not as advanced as it is now I wouldn’t have held him accountable for his discoveries. Most of his theories were based most of mind logic and even though his discoveries were wrong they were not that far …show more content…
Erwin Schrodinger was born on August 12, 1887 in Vienna. From 1906 to 1910 he was a student at the University of Vienna, during which time he came under the strong influence of Fritz Hasenöhrl, who was Boltzmann's successor. It was in these years that Schrödinger acquired a mastery of problems in the physics of continuous media, therefore laying the foundation for his future great work. Hereafter, as assistant to Franz Exner, he, together with his friend K. W. F. Kohlrausch, conducted practical work for students (without himself, as he said, learning what experimenting was). Due to better learning opportunities and better education Schrodinger idea’s and research about the atomic theory were way more accurate than