Click on each scientist's picture to read more about his contribution to the historical development of the model of an atom.
Sources of images used for this section as they appear, top to bottom:
- Democritus postage stamp, Wikipedia
- John Dalton, Wikipedia
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J.J. Thomson, American Institute for Physics
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Ernest Rutherford postage stamp, http://www.rutherford.org.nz
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Rutherford Mode, NASA