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The Ancient Greeks made significant contributions to science and technology through figures like Thales of Miletus, considered the first scientist. He proposed early theories to explain natural events. Hippocrates, the father of medicine, established practices and ethics that are still used today. Aristotle studied and wrote on many fields including biology, physics, and logic. He is considered the founder of many sciences. The Greeks also advanced architecture with temples and structures demonstrating harmony and proportion that influenced later Romans. Organized centers of learning emerged from temples of the muses, laying the foundation for modern universities. Greek advances in fields like atomic theory, medicine, and mathematics established them as forefathers of Western intellectual thought.

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INFOGRAPHICS ST DEVELOPMENT Final Nagyud

The Ancient Greeks made significant contributions to science and technology through figures like Thales of Miletus, considered the first scientist. He proposed early theories to explain natural events. Hippocrates, the father of medicine, established practices and ethics that are still used today. Aristotle studied and wrote on many fields including biology, physics, and logic. He is considered the founder of many sciences. The Greeks also advanced architecture with temples and structures demonstrating harmony and proportion that influenced later Romans. Organized centers of learning emerged from temples of the muses, laying the foundation for modern universities. Greek advances in fields like atomic theory, medicine, and mathematics established them as forefathers of Western intellectual thought.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

IN THE

Greek Civilization
The Ancient Greeks are seen, in the west, as our intellectual
forefathers. From Greece was born philosophy, drama,
western artistic aesthetics, geometry, natural science,
mathematics, astronomy and architecture.

agriculture AND
architecture
The prosperity of the majority of Greek city-states was based Greek architects provided some of the finest and most distinctive
on agriculture and the ability to produce the necessary buildings in the entire Ancient World. In addition, the Greek
surplus. Some citizens to pursue other trades and pastimes concern with simplicity, proportion, perspective, and harmony in
and to create a quantity of exported goods so that they could their buildings would go on to greatly influence architects in the
be exchanged for necessities the community lacked. Roman world

PERIOECI TEMPLE OF THE MUSES


One of the cultural developments of
People who did the most agriculture
work were people in the middle class Greek thought was the museum,
social class. These people were originally the Temple of the Muses
typically farmers or peasants.

GREEK PARTHENON
WHEAT CROP The museum became part of the palace, “the
The most widely cultivated crop was palace of culture,” and later a kind of medieval
wheat - especially emmer (triticum college and research institute. • The
dicoccum) and durum (triticum durum) development of the concept of organized
– and hulled barley (hordeum vulgare). centers of learning (the University) descend
from this period.

NOTABLE GREEKS IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE


AND TECHNOLOGY

THALES OF HIPPOCRATES ARISTOTLE


- Greek physician who is now • Histories of Animals,

MILETUS considered the “Father of


Medicine.”
•Generation of
Animals, •Parts of
Animals
- He is considered as the "First Scientist" -_ Various works attributed to him and - He is considered as the
_ Thales proposed theories to explain his school is contained in the "First Scientist"
many of the events of nature, the primary Hippocratic Collection. _ studied and wrote on a cosmology,
substance, the supp
physics, biology, anatomy and logic.

DEMOCRITUS PLATO PLATO


“producer of
mathematicians,” known
“producer of
OF ADBERA mathematicians,”
as the “Father of Botany”

- Founder of the Atomic Theory. Writer of 227 treatises, (on religion,


Considered the pre-eminent Greek politics, ethics, education, rhetoric,
_ Also had theories on the nature of philosopher, known for his Dialogues and mathematics, astronomy, logic,
plants; thought plant diversity was due to for founding his Academy north of Athens meteorology, natural history;
differences in the atom's composition. had over 2000

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