The Father of the Atom: Democritus and the Nature of Matter
The Father of the Atom: Democritus and the Nature of Matter
Macfarlane, Katherine
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Just the Series: Great Minds Of Ancient Science And Math   

Series and Publisher: Great Minds Of Ancient Science And Math   

Annotation: A biography of ancient Greek philosopher Democritus, who believed that all matter was made up of indivisible and indestructible particles called atoms moving around in a void.
Genre: [Biographies]
 
Reviews: 3
Catalog Number: #38603
Format: Library Binding
Common Core/STEAM: Common Core Common Core
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Copyright Date: 2010
Edition Date: 2010 Release Date: 06/01/09
Pages: 112 pages
ISBN: 0-7660-3410-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-7660-3410-5
Dewey: 921
LCCN: 2008046265
Dimensions: 25 cm.
Subject Heading:
Democritus,. ca. 460-ca. 370 B.C. Juvenile literature.
Democritus,. ca. 460-ca. 370 B.C.
Atoms. Juvenile literature.
Matter. Constitution. Juvenile literature.
Mathematics, Ancient. Greece. Juvenile literature.
Atoms.
Matter. Constitution.
Mathematics, Ancient. Greece.
Language: English
Reviews:
Horn Book (Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2010)

These earnest, if somewhat dull, biographies explain the contributions of their subjects during their own times. The books go on to discuss the influences these men had on scientific thinking throughout history. Facts are distinguished from legend and augmented (even padded) with contextual material. Captioned reproductions and a few diagrams illustrate the texts; brief activity sections are appended. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

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Horn Book (Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2010)
Wilson's Junior High Catalog
Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Word Count: 11,986
Reading Level: 9.3
Interest Level: 4-7
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 9.3 / points: 2.0 / quiz: 132260 / grade: Middle Grades

This biography of the amazing Democritus, a Greek philosopher who lived almost 2,500 years ago, describes how he was right, or almost right, about so many ideas of modern science. He correctly predicted the behavior of atoms and that atoms combined to form elements and compounds. The link between Democritus's atomic theory and modern chemistry began with the idea of elements, substances composed of only one sort of atom.

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