Early Scientists

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Early Scientists

Pythogoras 580-500 BC

tried to form relationships between math and life

used deductive methods in math

Aristotle 384BC-322 BC

first person to make an record observations about the word

claimed that the universe is geocentric

said to be the first scientist

used powers of reason

attempted to provide natural explanations

first person to look for causes

Ptolemy 83-161 CE

made first successful succesful calender

made predictions about positions in the universe

mathematical relationship with what people saw

Copernicus 1473-1543

decided that the universe is heliocentric

distance from the Earth to the sun was smaller than to the stars

sun was at the center of the universe

Pre-historic man

have no records

lost science

i.e. ancient Egyptians

developed a system of knowledge

tried to understand natural phenomena