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Democritus

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

DEMOCRITUS

ASHLEY GASSNER, ANDREA DUNCAN, JANNET BARRON

BIOGRAPHY

  • Born on 460 BCE
  • Died 370 BCE
  • Born in Abdera in Thrace, an Ionian colony of Theos
  • Known as "the laughing philosopher"

MODEL OF ATOM

  • He found that all matter is made of atoms
  • Atoms- invisible and indestructible
  • Didn't experiment but based theories on observations
  • Said that compounds are made of two or more different kinds of atoms
  • Chemical reaction is a rearrangement of atoms

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