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Author Description 611 BC - 547 BC<br /><br />Greek philosopher and astronomer <b>Anaximander</b> constructed the first precise geometrical model of the universe, which, from one primordial substance, he speculated, arose out the separation of opposite qualities. <br /><br />He lived in Asia Minor, before <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/275648.Socrates" title="Socrates" rel="nofollow noopener">Socrates</a>. He belonged to the school and learned the teachings of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5045465.Thales" title="Thales" rel="nofollow noopener">Thales</a>, his master. He succeeded Thales as the second master of that school and counted <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8391372.Anaximenes" title="Anaximenes" rel="nofollow noopener">Anaximenes</a> and arguably <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/203707.Pythagoras" title="Pythagoras" rel="nofollow noopener">Pythagoras</a> among his pupils.<br /><br />People today know little of his life and work. According to available historical documents, people know that he wrote down his studies despite only one extant fragment of his work. After his death, fragmentary testimonies, found in documents, provide a portrait of the man. <br /><br />An early proponent of science, he tried to observe and to explain different aspects with a particular interest in its origins. He claimed that laws rule nature just like human societies, and nothing disturbs its balance and lasts long, Contributions of Anaximander like many thinkers of his time relate to many disciplines. He tried to describe the mechanics of celestial bodies in relation to the Earth. In physics, his postulation of the indefinite source of all things led to a new level of conceptual abstraction. His knowledge allowed him to introduce the gnomon. He created a map that contributed greatly to the advancement of geography of the world. The politics of Miletus also involved him, and people sent him as a leader to its colony. <br /><br />Anaximander claimed that an "indefinite" principle gives to all natural phenomena. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10538.Carl_Sagan" title="Carl Sagan" rel="nofollow noopener">Carl Sagan</a> claims that he conducted the earliest recorded scientific experiment. <br />

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