1. Hantaro Nagaoka: A Japanese Physicist
1904
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2. Born: August 15, 1865 in Nagasaki, japan Died: December 11, 1950 in Tokyo, japan

3. Saturnian Atomic model
Created the Saturnian Atomic Model which was the idea that in the nucleus there were protons and surrounded by the nucleus were electrons.
Author: James Trefil, Atom, Encyclopedia Brittanica Date: September 4, 2014

4. Presented His Work
He presented his work at the Tokyo society for mathematics and physics in 1903.
He also announced it in the British academia journal “Philosophical Magazine.”
Author: Unknown. Hantaro Nagaoka. February 27, 2008

5. Why He Started
He sparked an interest in atomic physics after he heard Marie Curie give a lecture on radioactivity in
"Nagaoka, Hantaro." Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Retrieved December 03, 2014 from Encyclopedia.com:

6. Electrons Outside an Atom
Nagaoka was one of the first to propose the idea that negatively-charged electrons are located on the outside of the atom.
Also one of the first to propose protons in the nucleus.
Author: Vincent Luu, Discovering the Atom, Date: December 3, 2014.

7. Renouncing His Model
He abandoned the Saturnian Model in after there wasn't enough experimental proof to support the model and disprove speculation.
Author: Klaus Hentschel, Atomic models, Nagaoka’s Saturnian Model, link.springer.com/chapter/ %2F _10 , Date: 2009