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Wow --- excuse Leucippus for not getting it right the first time.Originally Posted by Dicionary of ScientistsOur knowledge of Leucippus comes from the writings of Aristotle and Theophrastus. He is said to have been the teacher of Democritus and author of the Great World System and On Mind. He is also credited with being the originator of atomic theory, although it is difficult to distinguish his contributions from those of his pupil Democritus.Sloppy source, AVVET. Leucippian philosophical atomism didn't have the ability to conceive of something as simple as a vacuum (the absence of matter). Its as far removed from any scientific atomic theory as The Noahic Flood story is removed from the Epic of Gilgamesh...
Let's castigate Clyde Tombaugh while we're at it too, eh?
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