It would only be fair to say that, given the evidence, the ancient Greeks made some outstanding contributions in various branches of science. They made some astounding discoveries in the fields of astronomy, biology, and physics that broke with contemporary stereotypes. Many ancient Greek intellectu...
(Hellas), the name given to the territory of the ancient Greek states, which occupied the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula, the islands of the Aegean Sea, the coast of Thrace, and the western coast of Asia Minor. During the period of Greek colonization (from the eighth century to ...
Chinese Astronomy - The Legacy The Chinese astronomers have often been looked over in favor of the Greek, Indian, and Islamic contributions to the field, mainly because they use such different methods from the Eurocentric world. Their work tended to be more concerned with refining their observation...
(Hellas), the name given to the territory of the ancient Greek states, which occupied the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula, the islands of the Aegean Sea, the coast of Thrace, and the western coast of Asia Minor. During the period of Greek colonization (from the eighth century to ...
Herakleidon museum will introduce to the Greek public some of the remarkable technological achievements of the Chinese civilization covering nearly all disciplinary fields, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geoscience, biology, agricultural science, medical science, pharmacy and engineering...
In the sixth century BC, Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras introduced his famous theorem:A squared + B squared = C squared. Pythagorasformula explains the mathematical relationship between the three sides of right triangles, and researchers worldwide believe it was originally based on the...
Carlson Center for Imaging Science at Rochester Institute of Technology have digitally restored six pages of the original Greek text of Archimedes' discoveries on optics, physics, astronomy and engineering. Time, mold and neglect had made the writing difficult to distinguish on the document, known ...
The Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek astronomical calculator, has challenged researchers since its discovery in 1901. Now split into 82 fragments, only a third of the original survives, including 30 corroded bronze gearwheels. Microfocus X-ray Com
The newly uncovered inscriptions include passages about what stars were just becoming visible –- or about to be lost in the glare of the sun – at different times of year. The style of these passages is very close to that of awell-known astronomical textby Greek astronomer and mathematician...
The Library also employed a number of scholars who produced original works on subjects such as astronomy, mathematics, and physics. In addition to collecting books and conducting research, the writers and scholars of the Great Library translated texts from around the world into Greek and collected ...