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.