Early Beginnings
- 440 BC Democritus speculates about fundamental indivisible particles—calls them "atoms"
- 2nd century BC Kanada theorizes the existence of four kinds of atoms, which could combine to produce diatomic and triatomic molecules.
Read more about this topic: Timeline Of Atomic And Subatomic Physics
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