On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 04:18, Christian Lavoie wrote:
> On July 24, 2002 10:43 pm, jw schultz wrote:
> > I think it was Aristotle who theorized the existance of the
> > atom. He described it by discussing an apple. You can cut
> > an apple in half. each piece you can cut in half again.
> > Eventually you would get to a piece, invisibly small, that
> > could not be cut in half. That was his atom.
>
> I think you're referring to Democritus, but I can't find the reference in my
> books...
Leucippus of Miletus, about 440BC. Democritus was his pupil who refined
and extended it along with him.
Can we go back to the topic now
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