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What did Democritus think the world was made of?
Democritus thought that the world was composed of atoms .
Who was the first philosopers that atoms exist?
I think Democritus first posited the existence of atoms.
What did Democritus think the atom was?
Democritus' atomic theory states that atoms are indivisible. That's why they have their name. Atoms is a plural of atom. Atom derives from Atoms. Atoms is greek for INDIVISIBLE. His theory states that atoms cannot be divided any further.
What did democritus think that matter was made of?
Atoms. He also knew that atoms never truly touched.
Did Democritus describe that Atoms are small hard particles?
Yes, Democritus described that atoms are small, indivisible, and indestructible particles that make up all matter. He believed that atoms are constantly moving and combining to form different substances.
Who establish the theory that everything is made of atoms?
This was an intuition of Leukippus and Democritus.
What is the contributions of Democritus's in physics?
atoms
What did Democritus say about atoms?
Atoms make all things.
How did Democritus describe the atoms of water and fire?
Democritus believed that water atoms were smooth and round, while fire atoms were sharp and spikey. He thought that differences in shapes and arrangements of atoms were responsible for the different properties of substances.
What did Democritus believe the universe is made of?
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.
Why did the ancient Greeks reject Democritus' ideas about atoms?
The greeks rejected democritus's idea because they thought that there was something smaller than the atoms.
What did Democritus think that atoms look like?
•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.
