Democritus: A Very Brief History Of The Atomic Theory

This essay going to be about an atom. Atom is always around us all the time and ever object are made out of an atom. We, humans, are also made of the atom. Knowing about the structure and what it really is a very important thing to learn as a student. In order to learn about an atom, we will have to understand about Democritus first. So who is Democritus? Democritus is the first human to ever come up with the first atomic theory. Democritus was born in Greece around 460BC. He has a life spend of 90 years, he died in the year 370BC. He likes to study geometry and natural philosophy. His teacher is actually the first one to come up with the atomic theory. His teacher, Leucippus atomic theory stated that “The universe is composed of two elements: the atoms and the void in which they exist and move.” (Tangient LLC). According to Democritus hypothesized, an atom is minuscule quantities of mater and cannot be destroyed. Atom also come in different size, shape and temperature. It is invisible and always moving. Democritus believed that there can be infinite number of atoms. His theory was created in 465BC. …show more content…
He was very interested in meteorology for the longest time. He was born on 6 September 1766 and died on 27 July 1844. Let get to our main topic, what contribution did he make to the atomic model and our understanding of atoms? Dalton atomic theory stated that element are consisted of tiny particle called atoms. It said an element is one of a kind (pure substance) because all atoms in an element are identical. Every atom that makes up the element have the same mass, but all the elements are different from each other because they have different mass. A compound is a pure substance that bonded together. His theory gave us a general information on the