jan 31, 465 BC - Democritus proposes that matter could be broken down into particles that were small, hard, and indivisible. At the time, his ideas were not widely believed because he had no concrete evidence.
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Proposed that matter could be broken down into particles that were small, hard, and indivisible.Added to timeline:
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jan 31, 465 BC
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~ 2493 years ago