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Democritus

Democritus. By: Emily Mann & Joyce Shang. Personal Background and History. Lived a long life (about 90 years) Born in Abdera, Greece Wrote over 70 books Wealthy Traveled to Egypt, Chaldea, and the Red Sea His teacher was Leucippus

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Democritus

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  1. Democritus By: Emily Mann & Joyce Shang

  2. Personal Background and History • Lived a long life (about 90 years) • Born in Abdera, Greece • Wrote over 70 books • Wealthy • Traveled to Egypt, Chaldea, and the Red Sea • His teacher was Leucippus • A lot of history is unknown since he lived such a long time ago (about 460-370 BC) • Known as the “laughing philosopher” Leucippus

  3. Summary of Scientific Research and Interests • Created over 60 works • Worked with astronomy, mathematics, music, physics, biology, medicine, and ethics. • Had many contributions in geometry • Believed in laws of nature, not gods and demons

  4. The Major Discovery Which Helped the Discovery of the Atom • Was the first to have the idea of atoms or “atomos” • Believed atoms had different shapes • Thought there was empty space inside the atomos • Stated that atomos were impassable • Believed atomos could not be created, destroyed, or divided • Thought that these atoms had the same properties as the original object

  5. Reflection and Discussion of How the Discovery Affected the Study and Understanding of the Atom • Before Democritus, nobody even thought of the idea of the atom • Everyone thought there were only 4 elements, earth, air, water, and fire • First person to ever think that matter couldn’t be endlessly divided and the atom was the smallest particle • Sparked idea of the atomic theory

  6. Bibliography • Democritus. (2001). In N. Schlager & J. Lauer (Eds.), Science and Its Times (Vol. 1). Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com:80/ic/scic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=true&prodId=SCIC&action=2&catId=GALE%7C00000000MTE6&documentId=GALE%7CK2643410029&userGroupName=s0003&jsid=80b20bef004e2b41339e62128d0656de • Democritus of Abdera. (2006). In World of Mathematics. Gale. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com:80/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=BIC1&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK2426100090&userGroupName=s0003&jsid=76a9e3fa407ce489e5030ff2831764da • Democritus. (2006). In World of Scientific Discovery. Gale. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com:80/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=BIC1&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1648000166&userGroupName=s0003&jsid=e1afe89c5e8f81c345b2f769a333a0e1 • Democritus. (2006). In World of Physics. Gale. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com:80/ic/scic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=true&prodId=SCIC&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK2434100055&userGroupName=s0003&jsid=e7ab535b1c24894525c355047f5b89e7 • MITing of the Minds 2006. Oct 7, 2011. http://web.mit.edu/philos/www/mm/mm06.html • "Democritus." Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2011 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2830901137.html • Leucippus, Oct 14 2011. http://www.nndb.com/people/021/000094736/

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