SECTION 1. THE GREEK CONCEPT OF 'ATOMOS'

The Indivisible Atom

1. What are the names of the Greek philosophers

    that originated the concept of the atom?

2. Briefly describe each of the five major points of

    their atomic idea.

Aristotle

3. What was Aristotle's premise and who disproved

    his idea years later?

SECTION 2. JOHN DALTON: THE FATHER OF THE CHEMICAL ATOMIC THEORY

John Dalton

4. What are the four basic ideas in Dalton's

    chemical atomic theory.

Atomic Theory

Click on Dalton's Big Idea on the left side of this page

5. How were his ideas regarded by one of his

    contemporaries?

ATOMIC DISCOVERIES

PART I. THE ATOM

SECTION 1. THE GREEK CONCEPT OF 'ATOMOS'

SECTION 2. JOHN DALTON: THE FATHER OF THE

                      CHEMICAL ATOMIC THEORY

PART II. THE ELECTRON AND THE NUCLEUS

SECTION 3. DISCOVERY OF THE ELECTRON

SECTION 4. MILLIKAN'S OIL DROP EXPERIMENT

SECTION 5. RUTHERFORD'S GOLD FOIL EXPERIMENT

PART III. PHYSICS AND POETRY

SECTION 6. PHYSICS AND POETRY

INTRODUCTION

In this PhysicsQuest you will learn about  the development of the atomic theory in Classical Physics and the major discoveries of the structure of the atom.

TASK

Visit the links provided for each section and answer the questions.