field of geometry is called a geometer. Geometry arose independently in a number of early cultures as a body of practical knowledge concerning lengths‚ areas‚ and volumes‚ with elements of a formal mathematical science emerging in the West as early as Thales (6th Century BC). By the 3rd century BC geometry was put into an axiomatic form by Euclid‚ whose treatment—Euclidean geometry—set a standard for many centuries to follow.[1] Archimedes developed ingenious techniques for calculating areas and volumes
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were the first in the West to provide answers that were not expressed in religious or mythological terms. Their thoughts on these matters grew out of speculations on the nature of the universe made by earlier Greeks‚ particularly Thales and. his followers Anaximander and Heraclitus. These thinkers‚ living in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C.‚ theorized about how the universe had been formed and what it was made of by means of rational explanations drawn
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Thales believed that everything happened for a reason and this reason was water. In these times‚ as well as today‚ there cannot be a civilization without water‚ water is the lifeblood of existence. Everything from having a good crop yield to the storms that
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Classical Philosophy Period Philosophy has been going on for generations; longer than people realized. Philosophy has been developing like humans thru time from ideas of metaphysics to theory of correct inference (Moore‚ p.14). One period of philosophy which grew exponentially philosophically was in the classical period. This period had some of the great philosophers of all time such as Plato‚ Socrates and finally Aristotle. In today’s world‚ new ideas about philosophy have arisen and classic philosophy
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;- "All men by nature‚ desire to know."l tllroughtout history the need to know has been a prime source of I governing mens actions. This need has founded civilizations‚ it has started wars‚ and it has led man to his ultimate control of his environment 1 I shall examine the causes and developments of mathematics. Starting with early Egypt and Babylon‚ then on to classical Greece‚ and finally the 17th century through modern times; I will trace the need and development of mathematics. "Priority
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The Airspace Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON) Documented by: Jahath Bennett Inyang +2347035032875 School of Information Technology and Communications‚ American University of Nigeria‚ Yola‚ Adamawa State‚ Nigeria. Introduction Consequent upon the series of airplane crashes that Nigeria witnessed between October 2005 and December 2006‚ the Federal Government was forced to take an uncommon‚ critical look into
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thermodynamics led to the development of industrialization; and advances in mechanics inspired the development of calculus. Natural philosophy has its origins in Greece during the Archaic period‚ (650 BCE – 480 BCE)‚ when Pre-Socratic philosophers like Thales rejected non-naturalistic explanations for natural phenomena and proclaimed that every event had a natural cause.[8] They proposed ideas verified by reason and observation and many of their hypotheses proved successful in experiment‚[9] for example
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principles or causes called Arche. Their thinking was based speculative and rational inquiry in the subjects of cosmology and were often critical of mythopoetic tales and cosmogony. 16. What was Thales looking for? Thales was looking for the basic stuff‚ known as physis‚ which all things were made of. Thales believed this fundamental substance was water. 17. What were the 4 basic elements for Empedocles? The four fundamental elements described by Empedocles were earth‚ fire‚ water‚ and air. 18. What
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spherical Earth displaced earlier beliefs in a flat Earth: In early Mesopotamian mythology‚ the world was portrayed as a flat disk floating in the ocean and surrounded by a spherical sky‚ and this forms the premise for early world maps like those of Anaximander and Hecataeus of Miletus. Other speculations on the shape of Earth include a seven-layered ziggurat or cosmic mountain‚ alluded to in the Avesta and ancient Persian writings (see seven climes)‚ or a wheel‚ bowl‚ or four-cornered plane alluded to
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By the end of the Iron Age‚ amongst other things‚ coinage had been introduced‚ wheel thrown pottery was being made‚ there was an increased interest in personal appearance‚ people had started to live in larger and more settled communities‚ and the mortuary rites of society had changed. 1050-750 BC EARLY PERIOD of GREECE - First Greek migration to west coast of Asia minor. Few written records of this time period remain. Also‚ this era is known as the Dark Ages of Greece. 850-700 BC Distinct regional
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