By 
Theresa Doud
 | 
TED-Ed Original

The 2400-year search for the atom

How do we know what matter is made of? The quest for the atom has been a long one beginning 2400 years ago with the work of a Greek philosopher and later continued by a Quaker and a few Nobel Prize-winning scientists. Theresa Doud details the history of atomic theory.

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