How can Democritus's atomic theory be described?

Ancient Atomic Theory. picture of Democritus One of the first atomic theorists was Democritus, a Greek philosopher who lived in the fifth century BC. Democritus knew that if a stone was divided in half, the two halves would have essentially the same properties as the whole. read more

He was an anient Greek philosopher, maybe the first, to describe matter as being comprised of tiny bits that couldn’t be divided any further, called atoms. His philosophy was call Atomism. read more

Democritus hypothesized that atoms cannot be destroyed, differ in size, shape and temperature, are always moving, and are invisible. He believed that there are an infinite number of atoms. This hypothesis was created in 465BC. read more