- Ancient Greek Scientists
From the Technology Museum of Thessaloniki.
www.tmth.edu.gr/en/aet.html
- Archimedes (287-212 BCE)@
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- Aristotle (384-322 BC)@
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- Epicurus (341-270 BCE)@
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- Eratosthenes of Cyrene@
Discover the high skies with Eratosthenes, the ancient Greek mathematician, astronomer, and geographer who devised a system of latitude and longitude. Sites feature life overview, significant contributions, original experiment, as well as projects based on the theories postulated by the first astronomer to have calculated the circumference of the Earth.
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- Euclid@
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- Hippocrates (c.460-c.377 BCE)@
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- Hypatia of Alexandria@
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- Ptolemy, Claudius (c 87 - 150)@
Find out about Claudius Ptolemy, the Greek mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer who wrote several scientific treatises including Almagest - the astronomical treatise, Geography, and Tetrabiblos ¿ the astrology treatise. Sites feature biography, historical background, and explanation and significance of his work.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Astronomers/Ptolemy__Claudius__c_87_150_
- Pythagoras@
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- Thales of Miletus (c.634 BC-c.546 BC)@
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- Theophrastus (c.371-287 BCE)@
Find sites for Theophrastus, the successor of Artistotle in the Peripatetic school and who is considered as one of the earliest botanists. Sites feature biography, writings, and study project for the ancient Greek whose botanical treatises are one of the most important contributions to taxonomy.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Philosophers/Theophrastus__c_371_287_BCE_
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