Timeline of atomic and subatomic physics
A timeline of atomic and subatomic physics, including particle physics. == Antiquity == 430 BCE Democritus speculates about fundamental indivisible particles—calls them "atoms" 2nd Century BCE Kanada (philosopher) proposes that anu is an indestructible particle of matter, an "atom"; anu is an abstraction and not observable.
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