THE HISTORY OF ATOMISTICS

The knowledge about atom and world's microstructure constitution was being compiled for over two and a half thousand years by scientists and philosophers. The history of their work started in ancient Greece. Then, during Middle Ages, development of this science was stopped and even regressed. But as early as in the 16-th century the research on elementary particles began again. The fastest development of atomistics took place in the 18-th and 19-th centuries when unquestionable proofs of atom's subsistence were presented. To have a closer acquaintance with the period of time you are interested in choose one of the following subjects :
1. ANCIENT TIMES

2. MIDDLE AGES

3. THE 16-TH AND 17-TH CENTURIES

4. THE 18-TH CENTURY

5. THE 19-TH CENTURY

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