The document discusses the history and development of atomic theory from ancient Greek philosophers to modern scientists. It describes that ancient Greeks like Aristotle believed matter was made of four elements, while Democritus proposed that all matter is made of indivisible atoms. Later, John Dalton proposed atoms are tiny spheres that make up all matter, and J.J. Thomson discovered electrons within atoms. Ernest Rutherford then hypothesized that atoms have a small, dense nucleus containing their mass and positive charge surrounded by electrons in energy levels.