Mixtures 6: Empedocles and Unmixing

Everyday Science

Mar 14, 201400:02:27Science & Medicine

Empedocles was an ancient Greek Philosopher and the first Western thinker to propose that everything in the world was a mixture of basic substances. He believed the four elements were Earth, Air, Fire and Water. In this...

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