Early theories of atoms date back to a hypothesis by the Greek philosopher Democritus (460-370 BCE). According to Democritus, atoms were invisible miniscule quantities of matter which could not break.

A very important part of chemistry is understanding the structure of atoms and the differences between them. Around 400 B.C., there was a brilliant philosopher named Democritus, and he proposed ...

Science owes another debt to the Ancient Greeks. Watch the animation below to find out more. INSERT[UUPT_CM_CI08_ani] MM looks at origins of the concept and word atom as defined by Democritus. The ...

we discovered that the objects we called atoms were not in fact atoms in Democritus’s sense, having at least two, and aside from hydrogen, three, smaller components. Once the composition of ...