In 1649, French priest Pierre Gassendi (1592–1695) translated an Ancient Greek book into Latin, the language used by most scientists at the time. It included an explanation of Democritus’ idea ...

Books are a great way to gather knowledge, but they are simply a jumping-off point for acquiring wisdom, which comes from experience — as well as opening your eyes to that experience.

God and the Atom: From Democritus to the Higgs Boson: The Story of a Triumphant Idea Victor J. Stenger. Prometheus, $25 (300p) ISBN 978-1-61614-753-2 ...

DEMOCRITUS : LAUGHING BUDDHA : QUOTES - There’s no better person to learn from in this respect than Democritus, that ancient atomist and scientist unkindly forgotten, and one particular episode ...

Even 400 years before Lucretius, his biggest influence, Democritus, celebrated a rational approach to understanding the world as the only path to happiness, to live in a state of "cheerfulness ...

IT is the epic of the successive dynasties of the atom that Mr. Gregory sets himself to recount in his very interesting book. From Democritus, who was the first to discuss atoms, down to the ...