Greek Scientists..amazing minds like no other!

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http://www.livius.org/gi-gr/greeks/scientists.html

I posted a few, my hand got tired posting and this is just a SMALL list

Idea of the ATOM:

Democritus of Abdera proposed that matter was made up from atoms. There was no real evidence for this idea (which was not completely new), but is explained why change was possible. The atoms were always moving and clustering in various, temporary combinations. Therefore, things seemed to change, but 'not being' never changed into 'being'. (It was assumed that 'not being' was a vacuum, which means that it is in fact not a 'not being' because a vacuum exists in at least four dimensions.) The consequence of this idea is that we are allowed to use our senses, although Democritus warns us to be careful.

The FATHER OF MEDICINE and the first true Physician.

Hardly anything is known about Hippocrates of Cos, except for the fact that his reputation as the greatest physician of all times had already been firmly established in the fourth century. It is likely that he was born in 460, but the year of his death is a mystery, although 377 has been mentioned. Not even his own writings can be used to gain knowledge about the man, because the Corpus Hippocraticum was collected in the second century, and contains spurious material. However, it is certain that Hippocrates made medicine an independent discipline and did much for its professionalisation. One of his principles was that one could not study an illness in isolation, but had to study the patient as a whole. For several diseases, he discovered the cause in a wrong way of life.

Astronomy:

Like Aristarchus, Eratosthenes, and Hipparchus, Ptolemy of Alexandria (c.85-c.165) was interested in both geography and astronomy. On both subjects, he published important works. His astronomical book was called the Megalê Syntaxis, the 'big explanation'. It is a summary of all astronomical knowledge of his age, and it remained the most important work on this subject until the sixteenth century, especially because he gave mathematical explanations of the phenomena. After Antiquity, the Arabs translated it and called it Almagest, under which name it is still known. In his Tetrabiblos, Ptolemy explained the importance of astrology, and told how the stars influenced countries and individuals. In the eight books of his Geography, he deals with map making and describes the entire known earth. It remained one of the most important works until 1488, when Bartolomeus Diaz reached the Cape of Good Hope and proved that Ptolemy's statement that one could not circumnavigate Africa was simply wrong.

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I'm sure you guys have seen this on the net today:

Using advanced imaging techniques, an Anglo-Greek team probed the remaining fragments of the complex geared device.

The results, published in the journal Nature, show it could have been used to predict solar and lunar eclipses.

The elaborate arrangement of bronze gears may also have displayed planetary information.

"This is as important for technology as the Acropolis is for architecture," said Professor John Seiradakis of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, and one of the team. "It is a unique device."


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6191462.stm