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Atomos: Not To Be Cut

Democritus was a Greek philosopher who lived around 400 BC. He theorized that matter was made of extremely small indivisible particles that he called "atomos", meaning "not to be cut". He believed atoms were different shapes and sizes, existed in infinite numbers, and were always in motion. This atomic theory was ignored for over 2000 years until scientists began exploring models of the internal structure of atoms.

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Atomos: Not To Be Cut

Democritus was a Greek philosopher who lived around 400 BC. He theorized that matter was made of extremely small indivisible particles that he called "atomos", meaning "not to be cut". He believed atoms were different shapes and sizes, existed in infinite numbers, and were always in motion. This atomic theory was ignored for over 2000 years until scientists began exploring models of the internal structure of atoms.

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Atomos: Not to Be Cut

The History of Atomic Theory

Atomic Models
This

model of the
atom may look
familiar to you. This is
the Bohr model. In
this model, the
nucleus is orbited by
electrons, which are
in different energy
levels.

A model uses familiar ideas to


explain unfamiliar facts
observed in nature.

A model can be changed as


new information is collected.

The

atomic model
has changed
throughout the
centuries, starting
in 400 BC, when it
looked like a

billiard ball

Who are these men?


In this lesson, well learn
about the men whose quests
for knowledge about the
fundamental nature of the
universe helped define our
views.

Democritus

This is the Greek


philosopher Democritus
who began the search for
a description of matter
more than 2400 years ago.
He asked: Could matter
be divided into smaller
and smaller pieces
forever, or was there a
limit to the number of
times a piece of matter
could be divided?

400 BC

Atomos
His

theory: Matter could not


be divided into smaller and
smaller pieces forever,
eventually the smallest
possible piece would be
obtained.
This piece would be
indivisible.
He named the smallest
piece of matter atomos,
meaning not to be cut.

Atomos

To Democritus, atoms
were small, hard
particles that were all
made of the same
material but were
different shapes and
sizes.
Atoms were infinite in
number, always moving
and capable of joining
together.

This theory was


ignored and forgotten
for more than 2000
years!

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