Electrons, Gluons, Quarks...
These particles are called atoms.
Matter is made up of atoms.
atoms
Matter is made up of atoms.
Matter is made up of atoms.
Matter is made up of atoms.
Matter is made up of atoms.
He theorized that all matter was made of indestructible elementary particles called atoms. We now know that Atoms are in turn made of smaller particles and are not indestructible, but he formed the very basis of modern atomic theory.
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Democritus believed that atoms were indivisible and indestructible particles that make up all matter. He thought that different combinations of atoms created different substances.
building blocks of matter
Atoms, the fundamental chemical particles of matter, are very tiny, with dimensions of no more than a few nanometers and often only a few tenths of nanometers.