Atom of Ernest Rutherford, bombarded a metal foil with alpha particles to observe how they scattered. They expected all the alpha particles to pass straight through with little deflection, because Thomson's model said that the charges in the atom are so diffuse that their electric fields could not affect the alpha particles much. However, Geiger and Marsden spotted alpha particles being deflected by angles greater than 90°, which was supposed to be impossible according to Thomson's model. To explain this, Rutherford proposed that the positive charge of the atom is concentrated in a tiny nucleus at the center of the atom.
Atom (Ray Palmer) to restore the natives of Kandor to their full height, but is instead tricked into reviving a twisted Kryptonian cult, whose leader proceeds to crush Palmer and Kandor. Other re-imaginings of the Atom include an appearance in "League of Justice", an Elseworlds story portraying the Justice League in a "The Lord of the Rings"-type story where the Atom was recast as a wizard/fortune teller called "Atomus The Palmer". In "", Ray Palmer worked with a science consortium whose members at one point included Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. In "JLA: Rock Of Ages", the Atom is part of what remains