Figures of Ancient Philosophy and Physics

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John Blair Wells is a landman and mineral manager operating out of Texas who has also developed quite a love and interest for the discipline and science of physics. One of the most prominent figures of ancient philosophy and physics is a man by the name of Hipparchus. He was a Greek scientist and mathematician that would focus primarily on astronomy and the behavior of large celestial bodies. Hipparchus would use sophisticated and profound geometrical methods in order to help map the movement of the planets and the stars. His measurements were so accurate, that he could even correctly predict when a solar eclipse would occur. He had many other famous calculations, such as calculating the distance of the Moon and the Sun from Earth, something based on more refined measuring instruments of the time.

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Another prominent Greek physicist was a man by the name of Ptolemy. He was a prominent scientist during the time of the Roman Empire. Over the years Ptolemy would become the author of many works, ones that would find great relevance in later European and Islamic science. One of his works, known as the Almagest, was an astronomy work that described the nature and motions of celestial bodies. The next was the Geography, which did precisely what it sounds like it did, cover the extent of geographical knowledge of the Roman world.

Hipparchus and Ptolemy were just two scientists of ancient Greece that had a powerful impact on the way we view the world of physics today.

Blair Wells is a petroleum engineer with an insatiable curiosity for science and physics.

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