.....and chemistry born! (Part 3)

                    

               

                  An Indian philosopher Maharishi Kanada(around 6th-4th century BCE), the Greek philosopher Democritus were studying chemistry & they gave birth to atomism theory in that period. Maharishi Kanada, Democritus, Leucippus, Aristotle, Epicurus were the great ancient philosopher who struggling to learn chemistry. There were many suits between their statements. 

                 An Indian philosopher Maharishi Kanada(around 6th-4th century BCE), the Greek philosopher Democritus(380 BCE) & Leucippus declared that matter is composed of indivisible & indestructible particles called 'atomos'. They didn't have scientific proof & therefore Aristotle opposed the existence of the atom (330 BCE); there was another greek philosopher Polybus(380 BCE) argued that our body is composed of four touches of humour. Epicurus(300 BCE) postulated that a universe of indestructible atoms in which we are responsible for achieving a balanced life. 

            This period ended with the book THE NATURE OF THINGS( DE RERUM NATURA) written by Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius(50 BCE), in which he had presented the principle of atomism; the nature of the mind & soul; explanations of sensation & thought; the development of the world & world & its phenomena & explains a variety of celestial & terrestrial phenomena. Pliny the Elder described the early development of purification methods in his book Naturalis Historia. People thought that these suits ended & they are much familiar with chemistry, but it made chemistry more complicated & philosophers, scientists became more curious about chemistry.

        What is chemistry in the medieval period? How were the scientists struggling to learn chemistry? Let's see in the next part of  ".....and chemistry born"

          

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