Thales of Miletus (c.624-c.546 BC),Ancient Greek philosopher,mathematician,astronomer,and the first identifiable scientist. He is reported to have predicted a solar eclipse in 585 BC,and tried to explain earthquakes. He also thought that the Earth was a disc floating in a vast ocean. Engraving,based on an antique bust in the Vatican Museum,from Vies des Savants Illustres (1877) | |
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