This document summarizes the development of atomic theory from ancient Greek philosophers to modern quantum mechanics. It discusses early atomic theories proposed by Democritus and Dalton, including Dalton's key ideas that elements are composed of atoms and that atoms of different elements combine in simple ratios. The document then outlines discoveries that led to revisions of Dalton's model, including the existence of isotopes, electrons, and the nuclear model proposed by Rutherford based on his gold foil experiment. Later sections describe Bohr's model of electron shells and orbits, and the quantum mechanical model developed by Heisenberg and Schrodinger which views electrons as probability clouds rather than distinct particles.