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First person to say that matter could not be infinitely divided. Coined the term "atomos" and atoms could not be created, destroyed, or further divided.
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Denied existence of atoms due to his personal ideas of nature.
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Took Democritus ideas about matter and revised them based off his personal scientific research.
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Received noble peace prize in 1906 due to discovery of the electron
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Rutherford calculated that an atom was mostl empty space to move around in.
