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Pedanius Dioscorides
Dioscorides, Pedanius, a Greek physician of the first century A.D. His five-volume De Materia Medica, on the use of herbs, was still widely used by botanists and physicians in the Middle Ages.
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The sciences, like many other intellectual endeavors, were a focal point of Greek thought. The Ancient Greek Scientists Channel explores the development of Greek scientific thought through the lives of the most pre-eminent scientists of the day.
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What was Archimedes' death ray?Archimedes calculated pi and developed calculus proofs 2,000 years before the subject was invented. Did he really create a death machine with mirrors? See more »
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Hippocrates
Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.), a Greek physician called "the father of medicine." Nothing reliable is known of his life, but it is said he studied at the temple of Asclepius (god of medicine) on the island of Cos. See more »
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Galen
Galen, (130-201 A.D.), a Greek physician. Galen was one of the greatest physicians of ancient times and is considered the father of experimental physiology. See more »
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Herophilus
Herophilus a Greek physician who lived during the late fourth and early third centuries B.C. See more »
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Hipparchus
Hipparchus (second century B.C.), a Greek astronomer and mathematician. He was born in Nicaea in Asia Minor (modern Turkey). See more »
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Pedanius Dioscorides
Dioscorides, Pedanius, a Greek physician of the first century A.D. His five-volume De Materia Medica, on the use of herbs, was still widely used by botanists and physicians in the Middle Ages. See more »
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Ptolemy
Ptolemy, or Claudius Ptolemaeus, (90-168? A.D.), a Greek astronomer and geographer. See more »
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