science Flashcards
eudoxus
a contemporary of Plato at the Academy whose mathematical observations included the volumes of cones and pyramids, the retrogression of the planets and who was the first Greek that we are sure knew five planets
herophilus
Alexandrian scientist known for his work in anatomy who supposedly practiced vivisection on condemned criminals
Ansronicus
built a water clock- Horologion- in the first century BC
Horologion
water clock
the single most important figure in ancient science was
Aristotle
whose writings showed his great originality in mathematical methods
Archimedes
who was the most famous inventor in 270
Ctesibuis
what did Ctesibuis make/do
invented the torsion catapult and an accurate water clock
who calculated with a high degree of accuracy the circumference of the earth
eratosthenes
gnomon
used for indicating the time
to raise water from one level to another the Greeks used the screw developed by who?
Archimedes
This philosopher wrote” On the sizes and distances of the sun and moon” which proposed the earth moved
around the sun
Aristarchus
