Atomic Theory Of Matter A theory that postulates a basic, generic, and indivisible unit of matter (originally atoms, then protons, neutrons, and electrons , and currently quarks and leptons ). Related Topics:

the universe, and quantum theory describes the microscopic, or subatomic, structures, the unification of these theories would explain both the very big and the very small. This theory is often referred to as a "theory of everything".

suppose we set aside the matter of how an unembodied intelligent agent might engage in the mind-like action of conceptualizing something, say a bacterial flagellum. Philosophers and theologians have long presumed it reasonable to posit and

rooted in the underlying atomic motion. The reduction of classical thermodynamics also explained the apparent arrow of time as resulting from a system going from a complex, highly organized state, to a simple, disorganized state. Once again,

It gave rise to an atomic theory , Pythagoras’ Theorem, and geometric techniques good enough to obtain a reasonable estimate of the circumference of a (spherical) Earth. Nevertheless the Greeks did not go on to invent