What did democritus do and who is he?

Answer 1

Democritus is a Greek philosopher (born c. 460 --- died c. 370 BC). Though only a few fragments of his work survive, he was apparently the first to describe invisible "atoms" as the basis of all matter. His atoms --- indestructible, indivisible, incompressible, uniform, and differing only in size, shape, and motion --- anticipated with surprising accuracy those discovered by 20th-century scientists. For his amusement at human foibles

Answer 2

Democritus, known in antiquity as the 'laughing philosopher' because of his emphasis on the value of 'cheerfulness,' was one of the two founders of ancient atomist theory. He elaborated a system originated by his teacher Leucippus into a materialist account of the natural world. The atomists held that there are smallest indivisible bodies from which everything else is composed, and that these move about in an infinite void space. Of the ancient materialist accounts of the natural world which did not rely on some kind of teleology or purpose to account for the apparent order and regularity found in the world, atomism was the most influential. Even its chief critic, Aristotle, praised Democritus for arguing from sound considerations appropriate to natural philosophy.

Answer 3

He had a theory that nature's basic particles were atoms in 400 BC , but his theory was not supported by experimental evidence.

Answer 4

Democritus was known as "the laughing philosopher." He was born in Thrace around 460 BC and died 370 BC. His mentor was Leucippus. Democritus is the founder of the basic atomic theory.

Answer 5

he discovered the atom which by his definition was the smallest piece of matter and actually means uncutable.

Answer 6

Democritus was only a philosopher not an experimentalist.

Answer 7

He did not perform any actual experiments