He was the first recorded human to suspect that atoms exist. He gave them the name atoms. He thought that things could be broken so small that soon you could not break them into smaller pieces. According to Democritus, the atoms had shape, mass, and motion but no other qualities. They could be packed close together and form hard objects like rocks, or atoms could be slippery and smooth and form liquids. He also believed that a single atom could never be changed or destroyed. He thought matter changes forms because of the way atoms combine with each other.
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Atoms?Democritus created the first atomic model. And this is what it looked like.
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Beliefs or Ideas?He also believed that atoms can neither be created nor changed.
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