This document compares Dalton's Atomic Theory from 1808 to the Modern Atomic Theory. Dalton's theory proposed that matter is made of indivisible atoms and that atoms of a given element are all the same, but different elements have different atom types. However, Dalton's theory could not explain gas volumes or atomic bonding. Later experiments and scientists expanded on atomic structure and properties, establishing the Modern Atomic Theory which accounts for atomic nuclei, isotopes, radioactive decay, and nuclear reactions.