Leucippus
Britishnoun
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My new word honors the elder of the two proponents of the atomic hypothesis, Leucippus.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023
Long ago two ancient Greek savants, Democritus and Leucippus, argued that matter consists of atoms, a notion that would be confirmed more than two millennia later.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023
In the fifth century BC, Leucippus and Democritus argued that all matter was composed of small, finite particles that they called atomos, a term derived from the Greek word for “indivisible.”
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
He evokes successive world views as crucibles for the evolving theories of geniuses, from atomist Leucippus through Enlightenment revolutionaries such as Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein, John Wheeler and fellow architects of the twentieth-century watershed.
From Nature ● Jun. 27, 2017
Other writers say the cause of the dispute was the two daughters of the king of the country, Leucippus.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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