- The Greek philosopher Democritus declared in 380 BC that, a small particle will be available at a stage when we synthesize any matter. This particle is indivisible and he called it an atom. (Atom means indivisible)
- Aristotle opposed this idea.
- Humans learned to melt copper and tin, mix them and cool the mixture into another hard alloy named bronze at around 3500 BC.
- Medieval Arab experimentation with chemistry was called Alchemy and the philosophers were known as Alchemists.
- The term Alchemy comes from the Arabic word Al-Chimia.
- Al-Chimia which again takes its origin from Chemi or Kimi.
- The word chemistry comes from the Chemi.
- Alchemist Jabir Al Haiyan is the first scientist to hold chemical experiments in a laboratory.
- Jabir Al Hiyan is sometimes called the father of chemistry.
- Scientists including Antony Lavoisier, Robert Boyle, Sir Francis Bacon, and John Dalton are the first school to start experimenting with chemistry understanding the real spirit of this science.
- Antony Lavoisier is called the father of modern chemistry.
- The branch of science that discusses the structure of matter, its nature, and changes is called chemistry.
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