Scientist
There are 35 items in Scientist:
Hippocrates of Cos |
Kidinnu, the Chaldaeans, and Babylonian Astronomy
Kidinnu or Cidenas: famous Babylonian astronomer (fourth century BCE?).Babylonian Astronomy Tablet with a list of eclipses between 518 and 465, mentioning…Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder or Gaius Plinius Secundus (23-79): Roman officer and encyclopedist, author of the Natural History.Youth Portrait of a Roman…Pliny the Elder (2)
Scholar Nero When Pliny returned to Rome in 59, he was thirty-six years old, a reliable officer in search for a new…
Double portrait of Ptolemy in a medieval manuscript from Bruges |
Ptolemy of Alexandria
Ptolemy of Alexandria (c.85-c.165): famous astronomer, author of the great synthesis of ancient celestial knowledge. Double portrait of Ptolemy in a…Pythagoras
Pythagoras of Samos (c.570-c.495): almost legendary Greek philosopher. Pythagoras Like his older contemporary Thales of Miletus, Pythagoras of Samos was looking for…
Rhodes, Portrait of Posidonius of Apamea |
Scylax of Caryanda
Scylax of Caryanda: Carian sailor in Persian service, made a reconnaissance expedition along the shores of the Indian Ocean (c.515 BCE). …Strabo of Amasia
Strabo of Amasia (c.62 BCE - c.24 CE): Greek geographer, one of the most important sources for ancient topography and history. Portrait…
Thales |