The document discusses the history of atomic theory and the scientists who contributed to it. It introduces atomic theory as the idea that matter is composed of discrete units called atoms. It then profiles several famous atomic theorists such as J.J. Thomson, J.J. Rutherford, Niels Bohr, R.A. Millikan, J. Chadwick, and Erwin Schrodinger who each received Nobel Prizes for their discoveries relating to the structure and composition of atoms. These include the discoveries of the electron, nuclear model of the atom, electron orbits, charge of the electron, the neutron, and electron cloud model.