A Greek scholar, Anaximander, was the first to draw a map of the known world. It wasn't as accurate as maps today, but it showed what was known at that time about different continents, oceans, and the ...

Heraclitus was the ancient Greek philosopher who challenged the world through his beliefs in constant change, unity of opposites, and logos.

Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Empedocles had built a special conception of elements based on the idea of the continuum. Thanks to Aristotle, these ideas arose to the rank of philosophy and he ...

Before explorers, pioneers, and cartographers, the world must have seemed very small. Eventually, people started mapping the land around them … Continue reading "Ancient Maps That Show How Our ...

Carl Sagan looks at the work of ancient Greek scientists and astronomers including Thales, Anaximander, Democritus, and Pythagoras.