Today's Rocket Words: Your 5 words and meanings to learn
Democritus
an Ancient Greek philosopher primarily remembered today for suggesting the existence of atoms
John Dalton
an English chemist, physicist and meteorologist, best known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry
J.J. Thomson
Sir Joseph John Thomson; a British physicist and Nobel laureate in physics who was credited with the discovery of the electron, the first subatomic particle to be discovered
cathode
the negatively charged electrode by which electrons enter an electrical device
Ernest Rutherford
the scientist who discovered the atomic nucleus with his gold foil experiment