Article ID: CBB000014908

“Divisibility” and “division” in Democritus (1978)

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Description Defends the claim that Democritus's atom was mathematically divisible. For a critique by Lillian U. Pancheri see Apeiron, 1979, 13(1): 49-52.


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Authors & Contributors
O'Brien, Denis P.
Seide, Reinhard
Salem, Jean
Löbl, Rudolf
Fernandes, Megan Kristina
Chalmers, Alan Francis
Concepts
Matter theory
Mass media
Development; growth; life; death
Philosophy
Physics
Science and literature
Time Periods
17th century
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