Stenger, an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Hawaii, argues in this quick philosophical treatise and history of atomic theory that the existence of the atom proves that God doesn’t ...

Democritus' theory of vision combines the notions of images (εἲδωλα) streaming from objects and air imprints, which gives him the resources to account for the perception of the relative size and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract According to Glaucus of Rhegium Democritus was “a disciple of a Pythagorean” (DK 68 A1, 38). The tetralogical catalog of his works prepared by ...

THE Greek philosopher Democritus was not the first person to suggest matter is made of tiny particles. But he got the credit when scientists finally accepted the idea 2,000 years after his death.

There’s no better person to learn from in this respect than Democritus, that ancient atomist and scientist unkindly forgotten, and one particular episode in his life retold by Democritus Junior, aka ...

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Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH) was established in July 1973, with its first students attending just the Department of Law and the Department of Civil Engineering in 1974. It was named after ...