10 GREATEST GREEK SCIENTISTS AND THEIR FINDINGS

Ancient Greek

Greek scientists were individuals with interest to develop their knowledge base. Their main aim was not the improve standard of living or make life better; they were on the quest of increasing their bank of knowledge. They do not have most of the sophisticated instruments that were used today but they
still managed to get on the history book of great men the world had ever seen. Their curiosity was the key to their success, about nature dynamics and that natural events are not necessarily the doings of gods. They discovered that the world is governed by natural laws. Below are some of the greatest Greek scientists and their discoveries.

Archimedes

NAME- Archimedes

BIO- Archimedes was born in 287BA and died 212 BC

FIELD- Mathematics

FINDINGS- Archimedes was one of the earliest scientists, and his most pronounced work was the discovery and detail explanation of the principle of lever. He is a mathematician and inventor, who wrote important works on plane and solid geometry, arithmetic, and mechanics.

Aristarchus

NAME- Aristarchus

BIO- Aristarchus of Sámos was born in 310 BC and died in 250 BC. He is a Greek astronomer who was the first to assert that the earth revolves around the sun.

FIELD- Astronomy

FINDINGS- Aristarchus in his work made one of the greatest discoveries in the history of man and the planet we live in. in his discovery, he concluded that the earth revolves around the sun.

 

Anaximander

NAME- Anaximander

BIO- Anaximander born in circa 611 BC, and died in 547 BC is a  Greek philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer

FIELD- Astronomy

FINDINGS- Anaximander in his work discovered that the earth was a body suspended in space. He gave an insight into the make and build of the planet earth.

 

Eratosthenes

NAME- Eratosthenes

BIO- Eratosthenes was born in 276 BC, and died in 196 BC. He is a  Greek mathematician, astronomer, geographer, and poet.

FIELD- Geography

FINDINGS-     he made a bold discovery of the circumference of the earth, he figured out the earth has within 200 miles circumference or 320kilometers. He also made the map and completes the longitude and the latitude of Asia, Africa and Europe. This discovery accurately showed the three continents forming a single landmass.

Euclid

NAME- Euclid

FIELD- Mathematics

FINDINGS- He was a force in geometry; he collected all the knowledge about geometry and organized all the existing work in geometry. He created axioms or fundamental rules used in modern geometry.

 

Hipparchus

NAME- Hipparchus

BIO - Hipparchus born in 190 BC, and died in 120 BC. He was regarded as the  most important Greek astronomer of his time

FIELD- Astronomy

FINDINGS- Hipparchus was a master in astronomy; his work was in line with the celestial mechanics. He created a system of celestial mechanics and give detail explanation about how some of the heavily bodies moves.

Hippocrates

NAME- Hippocrates

BIO- Hippocrates was born in 460 BC, and died in 377 bc. He was the greatest physician of ancient times, regarded as the father of medicine. 

FIELD- Medicine

FINDINGS- Saving live was a priority for the father of medicine Hippocrates. His life’s work was on medicine. He was the founder of scientific medicine. He drew up the list of rules about how doctors should use their skills only to help their patients. This famous rules of Hippocrates was known as the Hippocratic oath.

Ptolemy

NAME- Ptolemy

BIO- Ptolemy was born in 100AD and died in 170 AD. He is a Greek astronomer and mathematician.

FIELD- Astronomy

FINDINGS- He developed the mathematical model of Hipparchus’ system of celestial mechanics

Pythagoras

NAME- Pythagoras

BIO- Pythagoras Born on the island of Samos in582 BC and died 500 bc.  He is aGreek philosopher and mathematician

FIELD- Mathematics

FINDINGS- Pythagoras was dedicated to explain the nature of all things in mathematical terms. He develop the popular mathematical theorem called the Pythagoras theorem

 

Thales of Miletus

 

NAME- Thales of Miletus

BIO- Thales was born in 625 BC, and died in 546 BC. He was a Greek philosopher, born in Miletus. He was the founder of Greek philosophy and was considered one of the seven wise men of Greece.

FIELD- science

FINDINGS- Thales of Miletus was the first known scientist, using Chaldean observations of stars, planets and moon. He predicted the solar eclipse of May 28, 585 B.C. Thales of Miletus developed the theory about basics substances, common matter. He also was credited with the development of the first two scientific methods. He left no writings, but the legacy he left was derived from the account of Aristotle’s metaphysics