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sep 12, 460 BC - Democritus

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Matter is made of small indivisible particles which have different form, position and arrangement. 420 BC Democritus named these particles atoms. Democritus is known as the father of the atom. Believed that each atom held a different form and assumed that there was an infinite number of atoms.

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sep 12, 460 BC
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~ 2488 years ago

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