2500 Year Old Greek Philosopher Was Probably Right!
About a century ago, we thought that he was wrong! But now…
SPOILER: It’s not an article on atoms.
It’s a warm summer evening in ancient Greece. Suddenly a crazy philosopher friend of yours tells you something even crazier!
He tells you that all matter is made up of tiny, indivisible particles. Of course, you don’t believe him. You know that matter is made of four elements, earth, fire, air, and water.
The theory that everything is made up of four elements was a really popular theory in ancient Greece. Later, Plato assigned four different shapes to these four elements, such as earth (cube), fire (tetrahedron), air (octahedron), and water (icosahedron).
Later, Kepler expanded the theory a little more. You can read about it here:
The idea that all matter is made up of tiny, indivisible particles, is believed to have originated with the Greek philosopher Leucippus of Miletus and his student Democritus of…
