The Progress of Scientific Knowledge Answers

Which of the following parts of John Dalton’s atomic theory, if correct, would have made it impossible for Marie Curie’s discovery that new elements can be produced when elements are bombarded with neutrons?

Use the drop-down menus to order the sequence of ideas that led to Marie Curie’s discovery of radioactive elements, starting with the earliest event. Ernest Rutherford named the radioactive rays as alpha, beta, and gamma rays. Dalton developed the theory that all matter is made of atoms. Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity.