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The Father of the Atom
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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Great Minds of Ancient Science and Math series. 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., The Horn Book Guide Spring 2010
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