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Lived: c. 460 - c. 370 BCE They devised an atomic theory featuring tiny particles always in motion interacting through collisions, advocated a universe containing an infinity of diverse inhabited worlds governed by natural, mechanistic laws rather than gods, deduced that the light of stars explains the Milky Way’s appearance, and discovered that a cone’s volume is one-third that of the cylinder with the same base and height.
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| Isaac Newton |
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| Jacques Cousteau |
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Many consider Democritus to be the "father of modern science". None of his writings have survived; only fragments are known from his vast body of work.
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