ANCIENT GREEKS SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY

1) The Ancient Greeks were the first people tosystematically examine the world to attempt todiscover why it worked the way it appeared to.2) The Greek philosopher Thales (624–546 B.C.) isgenerally considered to be the first philosopher.He was the first man in recorded history to askquestions such as "Of what is the Universemade?"3) The first person we know who realized the Earthcouldn't be flat was the Greek philosopherAnaximander. Around 560 B.C., he suggested thatthe shape of the Earth was a cylinder.4) When Greek mathematicians first proved the thesquare root of two is an irrational number, theycelebrated by sacrificing 100 oxen.5) The first person to propose that everything ismade of atoms was the Greek philosopherDemocritus, around 440 B.C.