In ancient Greek the word atom meant the smallest indivisible particle that could be conceived. The atom was thought of as indestructible; in fact, the Greek word for atom means "not divisible." Knowledge about the size and make up of the atom grew very slowly as scientific theory progressed. What we know/theorize about the atom now began with a core theory devised by Democrotus, a Greek philosopher who proposed that matter consisted of various …showed first 75 words of 1221 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1221 total…of study they did we now have a strong idea of what an atom is and what its components are. A theory never becomes fact until all of the bugs are wiped out, if this is true then this atomic theory is well on its way to becoming the facts about atoms. Bibliography Sources: Textbook: Chemistry: The Study Of Matter, Simon and Schuster, copyright 1992 Internet Source: http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=03E68000