Democritus

Democritus: 442 BC

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date of birth: 460BC date of death: 370BC country of origin: Greece · Had a wealthy father who had paid a lot for Democritus’ learning · Was another natural philosopher who traveled the countries in search of knowledge and new understandings of the world · Believed everything was a result of law · Leader of mathematics and began the forming of geometry · Also studied beginnings of biology by studying plants and human parts
 * Said that matter is made of small indivisible particles with different form, position, and arrangements and called these particles atoms