Events Tagged: "science"

Hippocrates begins medical practice - natural causes for disease, Hippocratic Oath established

Aristotle studies wine - observes fermentation, notes wine's properties, discusses effect on body and mind

Aristotle founds Lyceum in Athens - systematic study of logic, biology, ethics, politics, poetics

Fall of Syracuse - Archimedes killed despite orders to spare him, allegedly said 'don't disturb my circles' to Roman soldier

Columella's De Re Rustica - most detailed ancient wine manual, yield calculations, trellis systems, 50+ grape varieties

Descartes's three dreams - 'Evil Genius' night near Ulm - 'I was filled with enthusiasm and discovered foundations of wonderful science' - Creates mechanical physics from mystical vision

Francis Bacon's 'Novum Organum' - 'Knowledge is power' - 'We must torture nature's secrets from her' - Rejects final causes (purpose)

Anders Celsius develops mathematical temperature scale based on decimal divisions

Alexander von Humboldt begins Kosmos lectures in Berlin - popularizing scientific knowledge

33 Cosmologists' Open Letter challenges Big Bang theory: 'The big bang today relies on growing number of hypothetical entities'