All 36 Uses of
atom
in
Sophie's World
- THE ATOM THEORY Here I am again, Sophie.†
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- Democritus called these smallest units atoms.†
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- If atoms could eternally be broken down into ever smaller parts, nature would begin to dissolve like constantly diluted soup.†
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- Also, he believed that all atoms were firm and solid.†
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- If all atoms were identical, there would still be no satisfactory explanation of how they could combine to form everything from poppies and olive trees to goatskin and human hair.†
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- Democritus believed that nature consisted of an unlimited number and variety of atoms.†
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- When a body—a tree or an animal, for instance—died and disintegrated, the atoms dispersed and could be used again in new bodies.†
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- Atoms moved around in space, but because they had "hooks" and "barbs," they could join together to form all the things we see around us.†
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- They have more or less the same properties as those which Democritus ascribed to atoms.†
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- Today we can establish that Democritus' atom theory was more or less correct.†
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- Nature really is built up of different "atoms" that join and separate again.†
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- A hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk.†
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- A carbon atom in my cardiac muscle was once in the tail of a dinosaur.†
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- In our own time, however, scientists have discovered that atoms can be broken into smaller "elemental particles."
Chpt 5 *atoms = the smallest parts of any material that cannot be broken up by chemical means
- The only things that existed, he believed, were atoms and the void.†
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- According to Democritus, there is no conscious "design" in the movement of atoms.†
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- The atom theory also explains our sense perception, thought Democritus.†
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- When we sense something, it is due to the movement of atoms in space.†
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- When I see the moon, it is because "moon atoms" penetrate my eye.†
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- Surely that could not consist of atoms, of material things?†
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- Democritus believed that the soul was made up of special round, smooth "soul atoms."†
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- When a human being died, the soul atoms flew in all directions, and could then become part of a new soul formation.†
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- Democritus's atom theory marked the end of Greek natural philosophy for the time being.†
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- Democritus called them atoms.†
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- He had only believed in atoms and empty space.†
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- The World of Ideas Both Empedocles and Democritus had drawn attention to the fact that although in the natural world everything "flows," there must nevertheless be "something" that never changes (the "four roots," or the "atoms").†
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- Plato's point was that Democritus' atoms never fashioned themselves into an "eledile" or a "crocophant."†
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- He developed the pleasure ethic of Aristippus and combined it with the atom theory of Democritus.†
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- In this connection, the atom theory of Democritus was a useful cure for religious superstitions.†
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- To this end Epicurus made use of Democritus's theory of the "soul atoms.†
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- You may perhaps remember that Democritus believed there was no life after death because when we die, the "soul atoms" disperse in all directions.†
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- Democritus, on the other hand, thought people and animals were really rather alike because both were made up of atoms.†
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- According to him, souls were built up of atoms that are spread to the winds when people die.†
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- But how could the soul be made of atoms?†
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- Democritus called these smallest units atoms.†
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- This 'primeval atom' exploded because of the enormous gravitation.†
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Definition:
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(atom) the smallest part of any material that cannot be broken up by chemical means; comprised of a nucleus of protons and neutrons surrounded by orbiting electrons