- For his findings, Democritus was named "The Father of Modern Science" - Plato hated Democritus so much, he wanted to burn all of his books and findings - In his home city of Athens, Democritus was greatly ignored by the people since they didn't believe him about his theories - He was nicknamed "The Laughing Philosopher" since he often mocked people - Democritus got a lot of his starting theories from the ancient philosopher Leucippus