The document summarizes the development of atomic models over time from Dalton's model to the modern model. It discusses Dalton's model which proposed that atoms are indestructible particles. It then discusses Thomson's "plum pudding" model which viewed the atom as a sphere of positive charge with electrons embedded in it. Rutherford's model incorporated evidence that the atom has a small, dense nucleus based on alpha particle scattering experiments. Bohr's model improved on this by proposing that electrons orbit the nucleus in fixed energy shells. The modern model incorporates quantum mechanics and views the atom as a nucleus surrounded by electron probability clouds.