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Are Democritus theories of atoms still relevant today?

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Are Democritus theories of atoms still relevant today?

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Well, yes, sort of. Democritus had no instruments to extend the reach of his senses, so all of his experiments were just "mind experiments." The ancient Greeks gave humanity tremendous gifts despite only having their minds to work with. We humans tend to be skeptical and want proof before we believe in most things, so thousands of years passed before we could prove his theories. Their theories tended to be very general. So although he was correct that there was this thing that could not really be cut any further, he could not tell you all the things we know about atoms, like the mass, charge or what they were made of.

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Democritus was born in Abdera, Greece in 460BC. He lived to be 90 years old, dying in the year 370BC. He studied natural philosophy in Thrace, Athens, and Abdera, Greece. He enjoyed studying geometry as well. Democritus traveled to many places some of which including India, Egypt, and Babylon. Democritus was never married.

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Question#2How do electrons determine the properties of an atom?

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Question#2How do electrons determine the properties of an atom?

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Answer:They DETERMINED how much energy a atom gets
-MELANIE

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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

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His mentor, Leucippus, originally came up with the atomic theory, but it was then adopted by Democritus. The atomic theory stated that “The universe is composed of two elements: the atoms and the void in which they exist and move.”