Who Are the Famous Greeks Behind All of This?

Aristarchus was a Greek astronomer who discovered that the Earth revolves on its axis and it moves around the Sun, but he didn't have enough to prove it.

An extremely famous Greek with a large legacy, Archimedes was a genius inventor who created a great deal of advanced technology. His inventions included: The pulley/lever, Archimedes Screw, the grappling hook, and the sun ray.

This Alexandrian Greek found an extremely close measurement of the circumference of the Earth. Eratosthenes also corrected the calendar to the one we use today.

Also known as Euclid of Alexandria and the Father of Geometry, Euclid was a revolutionary mathematician who created Euclidean geometry. He also created a book of solid proofs that is still accurate today in his book, Elements.

Ptolemy was a Greek mathematician and astronomer who placed the Earth at the center of the universe. He was wrong, but people still believed him for the next 1,400 years. Talk about pushing back science!

This Greek made many discoveries about natural phenomena, such as explanations of eclipses, descriptions of the sun as a huge fiery mass, meteors, and rainbows. He had amazing knowledge of astronomy and mathematics.

Socrates was the first major philosopher who created the Socratic Method. This method uses reasoning to asks questions to find answers.