Download or read book The Atom in the History of Human Thought written by Bernard Pullman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of the atom is very close to scientific bedrock, the deepest and most fundamental fact about the nature of reality. This book presents the whole panorama of the atomic hypothesis, and its place in Western civilization, from its origins in early Greek philosophy 2500 years ago to the definitive proof through direct microscopic imaging of since atoms, about ten years ago.