History of Atomic Theory

The video explores the history of atomic theory, starting with Democritus's philosophical idea of indivisible particles called atomos. John Dalton provided the first empirical evidence of atoms, explaining chemical reactions and compound formation. JJ Thompson discovered the electron, leading to the plum pudding model. Ernest Rutherford's gold foil experiment revealed the nuclear structure of the atom, showing that atoms are mostly empty space with a dense nucleus.

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