TY - BOOK AU - Pullman,Bernard TI - The atom in the history of human thought SN - 0195114477 (cloth) AV - QC171.2 .P85 1998 U1 - 539/.14/09 21 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Atomic theory KW - History KW - Philosophy and science KW - Religion and science KW - sears N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-392) and index; Adult; Follett Library Resources N2 - Traces the concept of atoms from its birth in ancient Greece through the first direct visual proof of the existence of atoms in the late twentieth century, discussing the relationship between atomic theory and philosophy and religion over a period of 2,500 years ER -