Ancient Greek science is a modern term for the application of systematic inquiry into the individual, the world, and the universe, which began in Ionia in the 6th century BCE with Thales of Miletus (l. c. 585 BCE) and continued through the work of the astronomer Ptolemy (l. 100-170 CE) to form the foundation of modern scientific method.
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c. 585 BCETime in which Thales of Miletus lived.
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28 May 585 BCEA battle between Media and Lydia broke off immediately as a result of a total eclipse of the sun and the two armies made peace. The eclipse was successfully predicted by Thales of Miletus.
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c. 571 BCE - c. 497 BCELife of Pythagoras of Samos; claim that "number" is the First Cause of existence and the soul is immortal.
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c. 546 BCEDate of Anaximenes' work; air is claimed as the First Cause of existence.
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c. 450 BCEEmpedocles suggests that all things are made from combinations of the four elements; earth, fire, water and air.
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384 BCE - 322 BCELife of Aristotle.
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c. 310 BCE - c. 230 BCELife of Greek astronomer and mathematician Aristarchus of Samos.
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c. 300 BCEBeginnings of the discipline of botany, as Theophrastus writes Enquiry into Plants and The Causes of Plants.
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287 BCE - 212 BCELife of Archimedes, physician, mathematician and engineer.
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c. 190 BCE - c. 120 BCELife of Hipparchus of Nicea, the ancient Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer considered the greatest astronomer of antiquity and among the most impressive in world history
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100 CEThe mathematician and astronomer Menelaus of Alexandria lived.
