Advent of Science (600 - 500 AD)

• the Ancient Greeks


  the first true Scientists, collected facts and observations and then used those observations to explain the natural world.
• Plato


  founded the Academy back in circa 385 BC
• Aristotle


  Plato's student that began the "scientific revolution" of the Hellenistic period culminating in the 3rd to 2nd centuries.
• Scholars during the Scientific Revolution

  • Eratosthenes
  • Euclid
  • Aristarchus of Samos
  • Hipparchus
  • Archimedes
• Hellenistic Period


  Produced substantial advances in scientific knowledge especially in anatomy, zoology, botany, mineralogy, geography, mathematics, and astronomy.