The theory of the atom dates at least as far back as 440 B.C. to Democritus, a Greek scientist and philosopher. ... Rutherford's model of the atom is still the basic model that is used today.

It is a story of how ideas changed about the nature of the atom. These are the notes (and diagrams) I use when I teach the atomic nature of matter to non-science majors. The best thing about this ...

THE Greek philosopher Democritus was not the first person to suggest matter is made of tiny particles. But he got the credit when scientists finally accepted the idea 2,000 years after his death. D… ...

Four hundred years before the birth of Christ, the renowned Greek philosopher, Democritus, suggested that all matter is composed of tiny, discrete, indivisible particles. Resources.

Since the Rutherford model of the atom is now 100 years old, ... Democritus said that if you keep breaking it down, you would get to a size that could no longer be broken.

From Democritus to Einstein, ... As far as we know, the concept of the atom was first mooted by the philosopher Democritus, who lived in Greece in the 5th century BC.

But when it comes to the word atom, we have to go to ancient Greece of 400 B.C. And there was a brilliant philosopher named Democritus, and he proposed the Greek word atomos, which means uncuttable.

The ancient Greek philosopher Democritus theorized the existence of atoms by wondering what would happen if you cut an apple into smaller and smaller pieces until you reached a point where the ...

IT is the epic of the successive dynasties of the atom that Mr. Gregory sets himself to recount in his very interesting book. From Democritus, who was the first to discuss atoms, down to the ...