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1 Democritus and Aristotle
By Chelise Lomax and Amanda Warkow

2 Democritus 460 BCE- 370 BCE (90 years old) Born in Abdera, Greece
Death is unsure but, at some point in his life he was blind one of his eyes Was an ancient Greek philosopher who was the first to propose of the atom Known as the laughing professor

3 Education Babylon, Egypt, Ethiopia and maybe India Mentor: Leucippus
Who may have suggest the existence of the atom

4 Biggest rivals: Aristotle Theophrastus Diogenes

5 Experiment He took a seashell and broke it in half. He then took that half and broke it in half over and over and over and over again until he was finally left with a fine powder. He then took the smallest piece from the powder and tried to break that but could not.

6 Atoms He called these small pieces of matter "atoms," the Greek word for indivisible Theory: Matter could not be divided into smaller and smaller pieces forever, eventually the smallest possible piece would be obtained called an atom

7 Atoms continued Democritus thought the whole universe is composed of atoms in a void, constantly moving around according to determinate, understandable laws.

8 More Atoms These atoms could hit each other and bounce off, and they can* hook together to make bigger things. A matter of combination and re-combination of infinite bits of binding stuff . *hooks that combine to other atoms making up the materials of life They can have different sizes, weights, and shapes maybe some are spheres, some are cylinders

9 Even More Atoms Part of the theory also stated that the characteristics of an object are determined by the shape of its atoms. So, for example, sweet things are made of smooth atoms, bitter things are made of sharp atoms.

10 Most of the characteristics of atoms are only qualitative
There no characteristics that of atoms that are quantitative

11 ideas did not invoked no God or judge of human behavior, it was questioned by many
could not prove his opinions to others and because of this his fellow peers mocked him

12 Aristotle 384 BCE-322 BCE Born in Stagira, Greece
Educated at Plato’s Academy Mentor: Plato Formed the Lyceum- school that offered science, math, philosophy, and politics Taught Alex the Great Rivals: Plato and Democritus

13 Most Important Work Introduced scientific method
Realized first observe and describe then explain Invented the rules of logic The void and continuity

14 The Void and Continuity
Denied existence of a void Universe filled continuously with substance Compressibility of air does not imply empty space Levity/Gravity Vacancy not a prerequisite for natural motion

15 Work on Atomic Theory Opposed Democritus' atomic theory
Thought matter was made of air, water, fire and Earth Felt that regardless of the number or times you cut a form of matter in half, you would always have a smaller piece of that matter

16 Citations "Aristotle." The Biography Channel website. Nov , 01:31  Anderson, Scott. "PHYS771 Lecture 1: Atoms and the Void." PHYS771 Lecture 1: Atoms and the Void. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct  "Aristotle." Mathematician Biography, Facts and Pictures. Famous-Mathematicians.com, Web. 24 Oct  Berryman, Sylvia, Berryman,. "Democritus." Stanford University. Stanford University, 15 Aug Web. 24 Oct  "Dalton's Atomic Theory." Dalton's Atomic Theory. Prof. N. De Leon, n.d. Web. 24 Oct  "Democritus - Biography." Democritus. European Graduate School EGS, n.d. Web. 24 Oct  "Democritus." - Mathematician Biography, Facts and Pictures. Famous-Mathematicians.co, Web. 24 Oct  "Democritus 460bc- 370BC." Democritus 460bc- 370BC. N.p., Web. 24 Oct  "HISTORICAL OUTLINE of the Atomic Theory and the Structure of the Atom." HISTORICAL OUTLINE of the Atomic Theory and the Structure of the Atom. N.p., Web. 24 Oct  "HISTORY OF THE ATOM FROM DEMOCRITUS TO BOHR AND SCHRÖDINGER." HISTORY OF THE ATOM FROM DEMOCRITUS TO BOHR AND SCHRÖDINGER. I. Noels, n.d. Web. 24 Oct "Atomic Theory." Atomic Theory. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Nov


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