Leucippus (fl. fifth century BC)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3809. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Philosopher, born in Miletus, Asia Minor. Virtually nothing is known of his life, except that he was the founder of Atomism, developed by his disciple DEMOCRITUS and accessibly presented by LUCRETIUS in De Rerum Natura. Essentially Atomism is a theory to explain change. Atoms are microscopic particles and are permanent. They move in the permanent framework of space and alter their arrangements—ap...

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