The document discusses the quantum mechanical model of the atom. It describes how Bohr's model improved on Rutherford's model by considering electrons as particles orbiting the nucleus in specific circular paths. Later, de Broglie proposed that electrons could be considered as both particles and waves. Schrodinger and Heisenberg further developed these ideas into mathematical models using quantum numbers to describe electron location and energy levels. The quantum numbers are n (principal), l (angular momentum), ml (magnetic), and ms (electron spin). Electron configuration notes how electrons fill these energy levels and orbitals according to Aufbau principle, Hund's rule, and Pauli exclusion principle.