He asked the question: If you break a piece of matter in half, and then break it in half again, how many breaks will you have to make before you can break it no further? Democritus thought that at some point one would get to a smallest possible bit of matter. He called these basic matter particles, atoms. Atom in Greek means "indivisible".
that could not be divided.
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that could not be divided, or atoms.
Who was the Greek philosopher who coined the term "atom"? Who was the Greek philosopher who coined the term "atom"? Democritus
•460 B.C. did a Greek philosopher, Democritus, made the idea of atoms. He asked this question: "If you break a piece of matter in half, and then break it in half again, how many breaks will you have to make before you can break it no further?" Democritus thought that it ended at some point, a smallest possible bit of matter. He called these basic matter particles, atoms. I doubt he had any opinion on that.
Democritus did not do any experiments or provide solid evidence for his theory on the atom. In the 5th century B.C, Democritus proposed an atomic model in which all matter is made up of small indestructible units called atoms.
Democritus did. The modern version of the atomic theory is based on the research of Dalton.
Democritus believed that matter is made of tiny indivisible particles called atoms. He believed that the atoms have always been, and always will be, in motion; that there are an infinite number of atoms, and kinds of atoms, which differ in shape, and size.
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John Dalton thought that matter was made of particles.
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Leucippus and his pupil Democritus thought of the idea in the 5th century BC. Leucippus is not usually given credit for this, so the most common answer to the question would be Democritus.
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Who was the Greek philosopher who coined the term "atom"? Who was the Greek philosopher who coined the term "atom"? Democritus
•460 B.C. did a Greek philosopher, Democritus, made the idea of atoms. He asked this question: "If you break a piece of matter in half, and then break it in half again, how many breaks will you have to make before you can break it no further?" Democritus thought that it ended at some point, a smallest possible bit of matter. He called these basic matter particles, atoms. I doubt he had any opinion on that.
Leukippos and Democritus; possible also Mochus.
Democritus did not do any experiments or provide solid evidence for his theory on the atom. In the 5th century B.C, Democritus proposed an atomic model in which all matter is made up of small indestructible units called atoms.
Democritus did. The modern version of the atomic theory is based on the research of Dalton.