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He esablished the science of phtsica
He explained the lever and compound pulley |
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| He established that earth revolves around the sun |
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| What did Eratosthenes do? |
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| He figured out that the earth is round |
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| He wrote a book that organized information about geometry |
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| He created a system to explain how planets and stars move |
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| He was teh first to write a medical code or good behavior |
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| What was Hippocrates known as? |
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| He expanded knowledge or mathematics and astronomy |
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| He was the first to establish the principles of geometry |
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| A philosophy founded by Epicurus in Hellenistic Athens; it taught that happiness through the pursuit of pleasure was teh goal of life |
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| person who studies stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies |
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| branch of mathematics that shows how points, lines, angles, and surfaces relate to one another |
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| philosophy founded by Zeno in Hellenistic Athens; it taught that happiness came nmot from following emotions, but from following reason and doing one's duty. |
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| branch of mathematics that studies spheres and cylinders |
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| Why did Alexandria attract so many scholors? |
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| Alexandria had a big library in which it held many books snd other forms of writing. |
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