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Among them was Leucippus, the 5th-century BCE Greek thinker and founder of atomism. He proposed ideas that bear a striking resemblance to modern cosmological models—particularly the Big Bang theory.

In the 17th century, the French Catholic priest and natural philosopher Pierre Gassendi revived Epicurean atomism, influencing scientists such as Galileo, Malpighi, Boyle, and Newton. These ideas ...