jan 1, 1650 - Revival of Democritus' Atom Theory

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mid‐1600sPierre Gassendi questioned Aristotle’s ideas about the four qualities elements and brought back the idea of the atom. Gassendi believed that atoms were shaped like balls and
that some type of force caused atoms to stick together, which is the basis of what we currently
know as the properties of atoms.

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