An atom is an indivisible part of all matter.
The atom was not discovered by Democritus; Leukipus an Democitus proposed the notion of atom, but only intuitively, not experimentally.
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Democritus and his mentor Leucippus postulated the existence of the atom.
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Democritus did not have experimental evidence to support his idea of the atom. Instead, his idea was based on philosophical reasoning and speculation.
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