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INVENTORS

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THALES

FIRST TRUE

MATHEMATICIAN

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USED MATH TO

CALCULATE THE

HEIGHT OF THE

PYRAMIDS

1ST KNOWN PERSON

TO STUDY ELECTRICITY

EXPLAINED NATURAL

PHENOMENA WITHOUT

USING THE GODS!

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PYTHAGORUS

PYTHAGOREAN

THEOREM

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ANAXIMANDER

EARTH HAD ONCE BEEN

COVERED ALL IN

WATER

PEOPLE HAD EVOLVED

FROM AN EARLIER

FORM (PERHAPS A

FISH)

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AND THE FIRST KNOWN MAP

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ALEXANDER THE GREAT’S LEGACY WAS THE

CULTURE OF LEARNING THAT HE SPREAD

THROUGH OUT HIS EMPIRE

MANY MEN MADE IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES

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ARISTARCHUS

“THE MATHEMATICIAN”

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WHO WAS THE FIRST TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE

UNIVERSE WAS HUGE!

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THE EARTH REVOLVES ON IT’S

AXIS

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THAT WE HAVE A HELIOCENTRIC

SOLAR SYSTEM

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BUT THE WORLD WAS NOT

READY FOR HIS IDEAS!

IT WOULDN’T BE UNTIL

THE 1500S AND THE

WORK OF NICHOLAS

COPERNICUS THAT THE

WORLD BEGAN TO

ACCEPT THAT THE

EARTH REVOLVED

AROUND THE SUN!

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ERASISTRATUS

FOUNDED THE SCHOOL

OF ANATOMY IN

ALEXANDRIA

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THE BRAIN IS THE CENTER OF THE NERVOUS

SYSTEM

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DISCOVERED THE PULSE

AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN DIAGNOSING ILLNESS

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THE HEART PUMPS BLOOD THROUGH THE

BODY

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LIQUIDS ARE TAKEN INTO THE ESOPHAGUS AND

THEN PASSES INTO THE BLADDER

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HIPPARCHUS

THE FATHER OF

TRIGONOMETRY

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CREATED TRIGONOMETRY

CREATED

TRIGONOMETRY

TABLES

TRIGONOMETRY DEALS

WITH THE

RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN THE SIDES

AND ANGLES OF A

PLANE OR SPHERICAL

TRIANGLES

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DISTANCE BETWEEN SUN AND THE

EARTH

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PREDICTED ECLIPSES

DUE TO HIS STUDIES OF THE MOVEMENTS OF THE PLANETS

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EUCLID

KNOWN AS THE

“FATHER OF

GEOMETRY”

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BUT HE DIDN’T INVENT IT

HE CAME UP WITH SOME THEOREMS, COMPILED THE WORKS

OF OTHERS

AND PEOPLE USED IT FOR CENTURIES!

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ERATOSTHENES

NICKNAMED “BETA”

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CALCULATED THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE

EARTH

AND WAS ONLY OFF BY ABOUT 200 MILES!

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HE CREATED THE MOST ACCURATE MAP

KNOWN

AND BELIEVED THAT ALL THE OCEANS WERE CONNECTED

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ARCHIMEDES

GREATEST SCIENTIST

OF ANTIQUITY

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APPROXIMATED PIWITHOUT FORMULAS!

JUST USED CALCULATIONS OF POLYGONS TO GET AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE!

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COMPOUND PULLEY

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ARCHIMEDES SCREW

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ARCHIMEDES PRINCIPLE

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