The History of Atomic Chemistry: Crash Course Chemistry #37
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How do you picture an atom in your mind – like this, or like this, or maybe one of these? If you understand enough about atoms to visualize any of those things, then you know more about atomic theory than scientists did just 100 years ago. And, like, WAY more than they thought they knew 2500 years ago. That's when Greek philosopher Leucippus and his pupil Democritus first came up with the idea that matter is composed of tiny particles. No one knows how they developed this concept, but they didn't think the particles were particularly special – they just thought that if you cut something in half enough times, eventually you'll reach a particle that can't be cut anymore. They gave these particles the name "atomos," which means ...
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How do you picture an atom in your mind – like this, or like this, or maybe one of these? If you understand enough about atoms to visualize any of those things, then you know more about atomic theory than scientists did just 100 years ago. And, like, WAY more than they thought they knew 2500 years ago. That's when Greek philosopher Leucippus and his pupil Democritus first came up with the idea that matter is composed of tiny particles. No one knows how they developed this concept, but they didn't think the particles were particularly special – they just thought that if you cut something in half enough times, eventually you'll reach a particle that can't be cut anymore. They gave these particles the name "atomos," which means ...
