Our understanding on the nature of atoms is not something someone suddenly "discovered". Rather, we've gathered evidence of various phenomena over the century.

Our understanding on the nature of atoms is not something someone suddenly "discovered". Rather, we've gathered evidence of various phenomena over the century. There are lots of models to explain the findings. This is a bit of a long winded list of discoveries. There is no simple sophism you can utilize and say "atoms are this or that" unless you actually understand something of the background. This Khan academy lecture is as good resource as any: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/chemistry/electronic-structure-of-atoms/history-of-atomic-structure/v/chem37-history-of-atomic-chemistry https://www.khanacademy.org/science/chemistry/electronic-str...