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  2. History of atomic theory - Wikipedia

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    History of atomic theory. The current theoretical model of the atom involves a dense nucleus surrounded by a probabilistic "cloud" of electrons. Atomic theory is the scientific theory that matter is composed of particles called atoms. The definition of the word "atom" has changed over the years in response to scientific discoveries.

  3. History of quantum mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Nicholson's atomic spectra identified many unattributed lines in solar and nebular spectra. [25] [28] [29] [24]: 278 In 1913, Bohr explained the spectral lines of the hydrogen atom, again by using quantization, in his paper of July 1913 On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules in which he discussed and cited the Nicholson model.

  4. John William Nicholson - Wikipedia

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    Mathematician. John William Nicholson, FRS [1] (1 November 1881 – 3 October 1955) was an English mathematician and physicist. Nicholson is noted as the first to create an atomic model that quantized angular momentum as h/2π. [2][3] Nicholson was also the first to create a nuclear and quantum theory that explains spectral line radiation as ...

  5. Bohr model - Wikipedia

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    When Bohr began his work on a new atomic theory in the summer of 1912 [8]: 237 the atomic model proposed by J J Thomson, now known as the Plum pudding model, was the best available. [9]: 37 Thomson proposed a model with electrons rotating in coplanar rings within an atomic-sized, positively-charged, spherical volume. Thomson showed that this ...

  6. John Dalton - Wikipedia

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    John Dalton FRS (/ ˈ d ɔː l t ən /; 6 September 1766 – 27 July 1844) was an English chemist, physicist and meteorologist. [1] He introduced the atomic theory into chemistry. He also researched colour blindness; as a result, the umbrella term for red-green congenital colour blindness disorders is Daltonism in several languages.

  7. Timeline of quantum mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Ștefan Procopiu performs experiments in which he determines the correct value of electron's magnetic dipole moment, μ B = 9.27 × 10 −21 erg·Oe −1 (in 1913 he is also able to calculate a theoretical value of the Bohr magneton based on Planck's quantum theory). John William Nicholson is noted as the first to create an atomic model that ...

  8. Old quantum theory - Wikipedia

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    Scientists. v. t. e. The old quantum theory is a collection of results from the years 1900–1925 [1] which predate modern quantum mechanics. The theory was never complete or self-consistent, but was instead a set of heuristic corrections to classical mechanics. [2] The theory has come to be understood as the semi-classical approximation [3] to ...

  9. History of chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Dalton also proposed a modern atomic theory in 1803 which stated that all matter was composed of small indivisible particles termed atoms, atoms of a given element possess unique characteristics and weight, and three types of atoms exist: simple (elements), compound (simple molecules), and complex (complex molecules).