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PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHERS
Thales (624-546 BC) is probably the first to use
scientific reasoning to explain nature.
Mathematician, astronomer, engineer,
meteorologist. Established theoretical Geometry
with Theorems and proofs, measured the height
of the pyramids with the theory of similar
triangles that he developed, founder of exact
science. Predicted a solar eclipse, understood
that the Earth is spherical, the stars are made of
substances similar to the ones of the Earth,
started electricity (studying ambers attraction to
bodies when rubbed and charged).