The theory of the atom dates at least as far back as 440 B.C. to Democritus, a Greek scientist and philosopher. ... Rutherford's model of the atom is still the basic model that is used today.

It is a story of how ideas changed about the nature of the atom. These are the notes (and diagrams) I use when I teach the atomic nature of matter to non-science majors. The best thing about this ...

Since the Rutherford model of the atom is now 100 years old, ... Democritus said that if you keep breaking it down, you would get to a size that could no longer be broken.

Four hundred years before the birth of Christ, the renowned Greek philosopher, Democritus, suggested that all matter is composed of tiny, discrete, indivisible particles Four hundred years before ...

God and the Atom: From Democritus to the Higgs Boson: The Story of a Triumphant Idea Victor J. Stenger. Prometheus, $25 (300p) ISBN 978-1-61614-753-2 ...

From Democritus to Einstein, the long search for the tiny atom Their existence was posited 2,500 years ago, and they were thought to be ‘indivisible’ Cormac O'Raifeartaigh ...