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-Who were the main characters in the development of the atom?

• Democritus, John Dalton, J.J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford

- Why were they vital to the development of the atom

• They were all vital in the development of the atom because they all used their previous knowledge of science and added on to each development of the atom.

-What made them different if anything?

• What made them different is that they all had their own thoughts and conclusions about the atom but they combined them together to develop one small thing that is a big deal.

-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 time period played a big role in the outcome of their discover. A lack of technology was a set back in that time and few people in that time had a good educational background and few had the opportunity to experiment and discover new ideas because of the lack of money. The people that had the money are the ones who we know today because they had the money to back up their discoveries and had money to experiment with. Money was a way to gain your scientist status during that time. So it mattered where you grew up and if you had money.

- 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

• We still consider the atomic theory still a theory because two of the theories were proven untrue therefore, it was not established into a law. Since the discovery of the atom we have discovered new information regarding to atoms so a new modern theory was developed.

-Why does it matter that we understand the structure of the atom

• It matters that we understand the structure of the atom since everything is made up of atoms. If we do not understand the atom when we will not understand everything around us.