Who was the first scientist of all time ?

 Science is a astonishing subject which have been responsible for giving us reason behind our surroundings, there too, have been many great names in this subject like Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie and etc . But those people who are interested in its history might ask 'who was the first scientist of all time ?' 

Experts say that greek philosopher and poly math Aristotle was the first scientist.

Aristotle (384 - 322 BC)




Aristotle was born around 384 - 322 BC in Greece. He was a philosopher and a polymath during the classical period in Ancient Greece. He was taught by Plato which was also a great philosopher of that time.

Aristotle was inspired by observation of the natural world on the Greek island of Lesvos. He developed the techniques of logic, observation, inquiry and demonstration.

Although he was the first scientist but he was not the founder of science, Thales (624/623 - 548/545 BC) was the father of ancient science and the father of modern science was Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642).

The crucial contribution of Thales to scientific thought was the discovery of nature. By this, we mean the idea that the natural phenomena we see around us are explicable in terms of matter interacting by natural laws, and are not the results of arbitrary acts by gods.


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