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In 460 BC Democritus developed the idea of an atom. He thought all objects could be broken down into one last piece. For a time line visit http://www.timelineindex.com/content/vie
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250 B.C >> I'll doubt that. Added. : Democritus (Greek: Δημόκριτος, Dēmokritos., "chosen of the people") lived
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He did not necessarily discover the atom but helped further the theory of atoms.
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The atom was not discovered by Democritus; Leukipus an Democitus proposed the notion of atom, but only intuitively, not experimentally.
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