Jake

Jake

1. Who were the main characters in the development of the atom
John Dalton Discovered the atomic theory, Democritus- a crucial greek philosopher, Ernest Rutherford developed the first explanation of the structure of the atom, Niels Bohr used the quantum theory to further study the atom, Max Planck and Albert Einstein developed the quantum theory.
2. Why were they vital to the development of the atom.
Because all of their theories proved useful to the discovery of the atom.
3. What made them different if anything.
Not much between them was different, their works were all about proving the existence of atoms
4. Think about your lessons in history and discuss how the time period that they lived in determined the outcome of their discovery/ or how it influenced those individuals to be the names that we know today (aka did it matter where they grew up or if they had money?)
The scientist that date back farther on the time line would most likely have had less knowledge, due to the fact of the lack of technological advances. Where they grew up and how much money they had to spend on their projects was crucial.
5. Why do we consider the atomic theory still a theory? What are the new developments- would love for you to share new sources here about what you find.
Because there were a few flaws in Daltons theory, one being that atoms could not be split. Another one being that it failed in the periodic table compounds, and spectrum. This led to its modifications. It is a theory because it is not deffinite, and COULD be proven wrong.
6. Why does it matter that we understand the structure of the atom.
It is deffinitely important that we know the structure of the atom, These are the structure, and foundation of everything that surrounds us. In order to make more advances in science, we have to be able to fully understand the atom, if that is at all, possible.