What was the effect of Democritus' discovery?

Amazingly, the effect was minimal. That is because Democritus' proposal of an “atomic theory” was not a discovery but just an interesting philosophical idea. There were more interesting ideas around then that could equally have been true. read more

Amazingly, the effect was minimal. That is because Democritus’ proposal of an “atomic theory” was not a discovery but just an interesting philosophical idea. There were more interesting ideas around then that could equally have been true. Today these would be called pseudoscience. read more

Democritus Democritus was born in Abdera, Greece in 460BC. He lived to be 90 years old, dying in the year 370BC. He studied natural philosophy in Thrace, Athens, and Abdera, Greece. He enjoyed studying geometry as well. Democritus traveled to many places some of which including India, Egypt, and Babylon. Democritus was never married. read more

Democritus, an ancient Greek philosopher, was not the first to propose an atomic theory, as his mentor Leucippus originally proposed it. read more