nov 29, 460 BC - Democritus
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Date: 460 BCECountry: Greece
Observations/Experiments/Evidence: During the time period, there was no technology that allowed him to experiment on this, but the idea came from the time period where philosophy and new ideas were being spread throughout the country.
Discoveries/Conclusions: There were no exact discoveries, but they believed that matter had the composition of atoms to create it, along with the motion of atoms in that object.
Contribution: Contributed to the theory of atomism, propounded by his teacher Leucippus, who suggested that all matter consisted of tiny particles.
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Date:
nov 29, 460 BC
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~ 2488 years ago