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Greek philosopher that suggested matter was made up of atoms?
Who was the Greek philosopher who coined the term "atom"? Who was the Greek philosopher who coined the term "atom"? Democritus
Did Aristotle believe matter was made of atoms?
Aristotle believed that matter was made of fire, water, air, and earth.
Who came up with the first theory of atoms?
Leukippus and Democritus, in the Greek antiquity.
Who was the first person to say that matter was made up of tiny solid atoms?
Democritus was the one who came up with the concept and the name (atomos in Greek means "no-cut"). Democritus was mostly lucky, not prescient; the scientific method in ancient Greece largely consisted of coming up with as many wacky ideas as they possibly could, under the theory that eventually someone's wacky idea was bound to be right.
What is the term for how much an atom wants to attract an electron?
The term which means the amount that a given atom (or radical) attracts electrons is electronegativity.
What is the history of the term "atom".?
A Greek philosopher named Democritus of Abdera coined the word atom in about 420 B.C.
The Greeks were the first to use the term?
The Greeks were the first to use the term atom. Democritus first coined the term Atomos, which is defined as uncuttable. Atoms were based purely on philosophy in Democritus's time.
Who coined the word atom?
The Greeks, from the word atomon, meaning "uncuttable, indivisible."
Greek philosopher that suggested matter was made up of atoms?
Who was the Greek philosopher who coined the term "atom"? Who was the Greek philosopher who coined the term "atom"? Democritus
Scientist who coined the term atom?
The term atomos is Greek and means, roughly, "undivisable." It simply refers to anything that cannot be further split into any part. The modern concept of the Atom was introduced by Leucippus, further expounded by Democritus, and defined again by Lucretius. Lucretius is commonly given credit for the atom as we know it today. As for the discovery of the properties of the atom, John Dalton and his assistant found the weight of an atom.
Who proposed the idea that everything is made of atoms?
It was John Dalton in the early 1800s.
Did Aristotle believe matter was made of atoms?
Aristotle believed that matter was made of fire, water, air, and earth.
Who was the first to use the term atom?
In 460 B.C. a Greek philosopher, Democritus, developed 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, from Greek for "not breakable": a-tomos. (For the meaning of the two word parts, compare English words like "asymmetrical" and "tome".) In India, a person named Kanaada/Kanada (known as the author of Vaisheshika Darshan) had the same idea, but obviously, he used a different word for the parts: "paramaanu" in Sanskrit, meaning "the ultimate particle". It's not clear when he lived exactly; estimates vary between 6th - 2nd Century BCE
Why is the word atom a approperiate term for democrituss idea?
Because it was invented in 1918
Who came up with the first theory of atoms?
Leukippus and Democritus, in the Greek antiquity.
What idea are Leucippus and his student Democrites remembered for?
Coining of the term "atom" and the idea that matter was composed of small, invisible, indivisible particles.
What are the term used by democritus to identify the particles of an element?
The term used by Democritus to identify the particles of an element is atomic theory. It was thought up by John Dalton between the years 1766 and 1844.
