Democritus

1. Democritus. By: Connor Kennedy, Joey Gaynor, Zack Holdcroft

2. Democritus’s Life. Born in the city of Abdera, Thrace, Greece. His birth was roughly placed around 460-457 BC. He was originally known before the Atomic Hypothesis on his books of Babylon and Meroe.

3. Democritus’s Life pt 2. After traveling around Europe, he proceeded to study Natural Philosophy. Later in life he was Highly remarked by his fellow citizens because he had said things that later on proved to be true. Dying 370 BC

4. What Influenced the Creation. The atom was mainly influenced because Democritus believed in staying away from all the bad in the world. So, he and his mentor “created” the atom.

5. Interesting facts about Democritus -After his find of the Atomic Theory, Plato called for all of his findings and research to be burned. -He influenced modern day science.

6. Achievements Him and his mentor Leucippus created the first atomic theory. He was also well respected for the discovery.

7. Before the Atom Before the idea of atoms was proposed by Democritus, many people believed that the reason for everything (forces, the natural world, etc.) was that of single or multiple divine force[s]

8. Atomic Hypothesis Everything is composed of atoms, which are “physically, but not geometrically, indivisible” and that between atoms is empty space, atoms are indestructible and in constant motion. Him, Leucippus, and Epicurus created the idea of the shape of atoms.

9. Atomic theory Picture. This is the first known graph of the Atom.

10. Citations "Democritus." Wikipedia . Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 20 "The Atomism of Democritus." The Atomism of Democritus . N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2015 Pictures: "Democritus." Wikipedia . Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2015.