Conceptual Physics (12th Edition)
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Chapter 11, Problem 1RCQ
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The person behind the advancement of the idea of atoms in the early 1800’s.
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Solution:John Dalton.
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The idea that matter is composed of atoms was proposed by Democritus, pre-Socratic Greek philosopher,and mathematician, who lived between the V-IV centuries BC.This idea was later discarded, until at the beginning of the 19thcentury John Dalton revived the idea to explain
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In the early 1800’s the idea of atoms was advanced by John Dalton.
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Conceptual Physics (12th Edition)
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