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History of the atom project
By:Hollie RickerHunter Kuhlman
Democritus
• Born- 460-457BC• Some people called him Milesian• He was born in the city of Abdera Greece
5-7 Facts of his discovery
• He was an ancient Greek philosopher • He was an influential pre- socratatic Philosopher
who formulated the first atomic theory. • Leucipuss and Democritus had the same theories
but they have different basis • He claimed that everything is made up of atoms.• All matter consists of invisible particles called
atoms.• Atoms are solids but invisible
4 interesting facts
• He was known as the “laughing phiospher”• He also started zoology botany and medicine• He wrote 70 pieces about atoms but none
stayed in tack • He lived in Egypt for 5 years
Aristotle
• Born in 384 BC• Grew up in Stagira, Greece• Died in 322 BC
5 sentences
• When he turned 17, he enrolled in Plato’s academy
• He tutored Alexander the Great• He was trained first in medicine, then was sent
to Athens• He grouped animals with similar species into
genera, distinguished Whale from dolphin, etc.• Believed the universe never had a beginning
Random facts
• He belonged to a noble family, his father was a doctor
• Forced to close his school in Athens, he died a year later
• Invented Casuality• Many of his writings were lost, 1/3 survived to
this day.