Atomic Theory
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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DEMOCRITUS
DEMOCRITUS WAS AN ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHER BORN IN ABDERA, THRACE, GREECE. A PUPIL OF LEUCIPPUS, HE WAS AN INFLUENTIAL PRE-SOCRATIC PHILOSOPHER WHO FORMULATED AN ATOMIC THEORY FOR THE UNIVERSE.
DEMOCRITUS WAS AN ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHER BORN IN ABDERA, THRACE, GREECE. A PUPIL OF LEUCIPPUS, HE WAS AN INFLUENTIAL PRE-SOCRATIC PHILOSOPHER WHO FORMULATED AN ATOMIC THEORY FOR THE UNIVERSE.
WHEN DID I MAKE MY DISCOVERY
DEMOCRITUS AS A GREEK PHILOSOPHER WHO LIVED AROUND 460-370 BCE. HE IS THE BEST KNOWN PRE-SOCRATIC PHILOSOPHER AND DEVELOPED THE ATOMIC THEORY DURING HIS LIFE. THE EXACT DATE OF HIS DEVELOPMENT OF ATOMIC THEORY IS UNKNOWN.
DEMOCRITUS AS A GREEK PHILOSOPHER WHO LIVED AROUND 460-370 BCE. HE IS THE BEST KNOWN PRE-SOCRATIC PHILOSOPHER AND DEVELOPED THE ATOMIC THEORY DURING HIS LIFE. THE EXACT DATE OF HIS DEVELOPMENT OF ATOMIC THEORY IS UNKNOWN.
DEMOCRITUS'S ATOMIC THEORY
HIS THEORY: MATTER COULD NOT BE DIVIDED INTO SMALLER AND SMALLER PIECES FOREVER, EVENTUALLY THE SMALLEST POSSIBLE PIECE WOULD BE OBTAINED. THIS PIECE WOULD BE INDIVISIBLE. HE NAMED THE SMALLEST PIECE OF MATTER “ATOMOS,” MEANING “NOT TO BE CUT.”
HIS THEORY: MATTER COULD NOT BE DIVIDED INTO SMALLER AND SMALLER PIECES FOREVER, EVENTUALLY THE SMALLEST POSSIBLE PIECE WOULD BE OBTAINED. THIS PIECE WOULD BE INDIVISIBLE. HE NAMED THE SMALLEST PIECE OF MATTER “ATOMOS,” MEANING “NOT TO BE CUT.”
HOW DID I COME UP WITH MY THEORY
HE WAS WONDERING IF U CUT A STICK IN HALF THEN CUT THAT IN HALF AGAIN COULD U KEEP ON CUTTING IT FOREVER.HE REASONED THAT U WOULD EVENTUALLY COME TO THE SMALLEST GRAIN OF MATTER-THE ATOM.THE NAME COMES FROM ATOMOS WHICH IS GREEK FOR UNCUTTABLE
When Democritus came across this idea he was wondering if u cut a stick in half then cut that in half again could u keep on cutting it forever.he reasoned that u would eventually come to the smallest grain of matter-the atom.the name comes from atomos which is greek for uncuttable
This idea seems motivated by the question of how finely one can go on cutting up matter.
This idea seems motivated by the question of how finely one can go on cutting up matter.
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WHY IS IT IMPORTANT
- Democritus hypothesized that all matter is composed of tiny indestructible units, called atoms.
- The atoms in Democritus theory themselves remain unchanged, but move about in space to combine in various ways to form all macroscopic objects.
- Democritus could explain all changes in the world as changes in motion of the atoms, or changes in the way that they were packed together.
- This was a remarkable theory which attempted to explain the whole of physics based on a small number of ideas and also brought mathematics into a fundamental physical role since the whole of the structure proposed by Democritus was quantitative and subject to mathematical laws.
Democritus hypothesized that all matter is composed of tiny indestructible units, called atoms.
The atoms in Democritus theory themselves remain unchanged, but move about in space to combine in various ways to form all macroscopic objects.
Democritus could explain all changes in the world as changes in motion of the atoms, or changes in the way that they were packed together.
This was a remarkable theory which attempted to explain the whole of physics based on a small number of ideas and also brought mathematics into a fundamental physical role since the whole of the structure proposed by Democritus was quantitative and subject to mathematical laws.
The atoms in Democritus theory themselves remain unchanged, but move about in space to combine in various ways to form all macroscopic objects.
Democritus could explain all changes in the world as changes in motion of the atoms, or changes in the way that they were packed together.
This was a remarkable theory which attempted to explain the whole of physics based on a small number of ideas and also brought mathematics into a fundamental physical role since the whole of the structure proposed by Democritus was quantitative and subject to mathematical laws.
