Democritus' only belief about atoms was that they were one of the possibilities when debating the structure of matter.
The Ancient Greeks loved to debate things, with a very strong liking for the abstract. One of the essentials for a debate is that one or more people should support one side, and one or more should support the other. If everyone agrees on something no debate is possible, which the Greeks would have regarded as no fun at all.
The original question was "Can matter be divided indefinitely, or will you eventually find a small unit which can not be further divided ?". Democritus argued that there was a limit, after which things become indivisible. The Greek word for indivisible was atomos from which we got the word atom. Many people feel that the word atom and the very concept of indivisibility,were the only two things of interest that came out of this great debate.
In fact, there was one more thing, that was conspicuous only by its absence. The Greeks argued, and argued, and argued; they discussed and debated and argued, and they talked and they talked and they talked. Not once did the Greeks look for evidence. Did they do lots of experiments ? Oh my goodness ! No! None at all. Not one. An experiment would have meant doing rather than talking; doing was work and work was done by slaves (of which they had many). No Greek would demean himself by working.
It is difficult for us, at this remove, to pass any judgment on the Greeks viewpoint. What we can say, with 20/20 hindsight, is that the Greeks contributed remarkably little to engineering and even less to physics or chemistry. However, their contribution to politics, philosophy and mathematics is a stunning legacy. They did much more than their share for the advancement of human knowledge.
Democritus characterized atoms as indestructible and indivisible.Also atoms can't be created or destroyed. Many people didn't want to believe Democritus because he had no proof.
After the hypothesis of Leucippus and Democritus atoms are indivisible particles; atoms forms all the beings and materials in the universe.
Democritus classified atoms as things are composed of minute, invisible, indestructible particles of pure matter that move freely.
The Demokritos's' idea about atoms is that all mater can be divided until it was no longer possible to divide it any further and this tiny particle was the atom.
The Democritus characterize is what creates atoms. The Democritus characterize is known to be invisible.
An atom is an indivisible part of all matter.
Democritus supposed that all the world is formed from indivisible atoms.
An atom, according to Democritus, is a type of inert solid that works mechanically with other atoms. He said that everything was comprised of atoms, they could not be destroyed, and they are and will always be in motion.
There are 20 atoms and there are 6 Carbon atoms, 8 Hydrogen atoms, 6 Oxygen atoms.
10 atoms of carbon16 atoms of hydrogen3 atoms of oxygen2 atoms of nitrogen1 atom of sulphur
there is infinity + atoms because atoms are mad out of atoms so it keeps going
C8H12 8 Carbon atoms + 12 Hydrogen atoms = 20 atoms total
The greeks rejected democritus's idea because they thought that there was something smaller than the atoms.
Democritus formulated the first atomic theory. He said that atoms were tiny and constantly moving. Democritus was a Greek philosopher.
John dalton (Cheaters)
All is true; theory of Leukippus and Democritus was 2 500 yers ago only a theretical (but correct) supposition.
By using experimental methods Dalton transformed Democritus ideas on atoms into a scientific theory.
Democritus gave a theory, but Aristotle shut him out. Everybody forgot about this, and there was no one looking into this, no progress was being made.
Democritus gave a theory, but Aristotle shut him out. Everybody forgot about this, and there was no one looking into this, no progress was being made.
Democritus said that the atoms of water have smooth edges whilst the atoms of fire have sharp edges.
Yes, he based it off the scientific method by Mike Oxbig.
By using experimental methods Dalton transformed Democritus ideas on atoms into a scientific theory.
Democritus believed that matter was made up of tiny, indivisible particles called atoms. These atoms were eternal and unchanging. Democritus also proposed that different physical properties and interactions among atoms resulted in the variety of substances we observe in the world.
The ideas of Democritus (and Leukippus) were intuitive, not experimental; his ideas were too advanced to 2500 years ago