DEMOCRATUS

BREIF BIO

• Democritus was an Ancient Greek philosopher.
• He was born 460 b.c
• Died 370b.c

EXPERIMENT/OBSERVATION

• Carried on rationalist philosophy in his city.
• He observed and concluded that everything is made of atoms

DESCRIPTION OF ATOMIC STRUCTURE

• Democritus stated that atoms had hooks
• He said that atoms hook together
• He also said that they had a magnetic bond

ATOMIC MODEL

ATOMS

• To Democritus, atoms were small, hard particles that were all made of the same material but were different shapes and sizes. Atoms were infinite in number, always moving and capable of joining together.
• He thought things couldn't be divided forever
• Democritus said that the smallest form inside something is an atom