Democritus

Democritus of Abdera

Democritus was a scientist of Greek origin, born in Abdera in 460 B.C to a family of great wealth and nobility. Democritus and philosipher Leucippus, were the first to propose the idea that everything was made up of Atoms. And that such atoms were indestructable, and are continously moving. That there are an infinate amount of atoms, that differ in size and shape. An idea that continues to exisit today. Democritus was also one of the 3 to put forward the earliest views on the shapes and connectivity of the atom. He is considered widely to be"The father of modern science."