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Explain the concept of divisibility of matter as postulated by Maharishi Kanad and Pakudha Katyayama in ancient India.
They postulated that matter can be divided into smaller and smaller particles, ultimately reaching the smallest particles named Parmanu, which normally exist in a combined form to give various forms of matter.
What was the difference between the ancient Indian and ancient Greek philosophers' ideas about the smallest particles of matter?
Both believed in the existence of smallest particles, but the Indian philosophers named them Parmanu and emphasized their combined form, while the Greek philosophers named them atoms and emphasized their indivisibility.
Who were the ancient Greek philosophers that suggested the concept of indivisible particles and what did they name these particles?
Democritus and Leucippus suggested the concept of indivisible particles and called them atoms.
What important laws of chemical combination were established by Antoine L. Lavoisier, and how did they contribute to the foundation of chemical sciences?
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Why was there not much experimental work to validate the ideas of ancient Indian and Greek philosophers about matter until the eighteenth century?
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