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The 'first true scientist'

9 pointsby dilanjover 16 years ago

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tokenadultover 16 years ago
As I commented on the other submission of this same link, what about Archimedes? His pure mathematical works have survived to the present better than some of his scientific works, but he is not alone among Greek-speaking people of his era in being scientists. Eratosthenes must fit, I think. Accidents of preservation make it certain that ancient Greeks were engaged in science, while also making it certain that many of their scientific writings are now lost.