Question

The first person who suggested that matter was made up of atoms was the Greek philosopher ____________________ .

Answer 1

Democritus of Abdera

Answer 2

Democritus of Abdera
The idea that all matter is made up of tiny, indivisible particles, or atoms, is believed to have originated with the Greek philosopher Leucippus of Miletus and his student Democritus of Abdera in the 5th century B.C. (The word atom comes from the Greek word atomos, which means “indivisible.”) These thinkers held that,