Democritus
Date: what was the time or year of the scientist’s work concerning the atom?
Democritus was an ancient Greek pre-socratic philosopher. He was born in 460B.C., and passed away in 370 B.C. Ancient Greek is not the ideal time period for any sort of atomic research, as microscopes had not yet been invented. Studying atomic structure is especially difficult in that time period, because no experiment can be performed, and no observations can be made. Democritus discovered the atomic structure…
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