Tag: Democritus

Drawbacks of Democritus Atomic Theory – Origins and Impacts

Democritus (c. 460 BCE – c. 370 BCE) was a pre-Socratic Ancient Greek philosopher who explained about composition of matter. He also pioneered the concept of atoms which spurred the evolution of atomic theories. As a result, more and more atomic theories came up from different scientists from time to time until the proposal of […]

5 Democritus Theory of Atoms – Structure – Model – Development

Democritus is one of the most influential people in the chemistry. He was the first person who discovered the theory of atom. We know his discovery as Democritus theory of atoms. This theory is one of the most important theory in the atomic theory and organic chemistry in general. His theory has effectively given the great foundation […]