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Tom Mandel. "Happy birthday to science." Chicago Sun-Times. Sun-Times News Group. 1990. HighBeam Research. 11 Jun. 2014 <http://www.highbeam.com>.
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The day was May 28. The year was 585 B.C. The place was Miletus, a seaport town across the Aegean sea from Athens, Greece. Thales of Miletus peered into the sky. Soon an eerie darkness enveloped the countryside. Thales of Miletus may have smiled as the solar eclipse he had predicted actually took place.
The science writer Isaac Asimov describes this eclipse as the earliest event science can date to the day and suggests that this day may have been the birth of science. I would like to second the motion, and call for a celebration. Exactly 2,575 years ago, Thales of Miletus conducted a scientific experiment and succeeded.
I think it is important that we observe this anniversary not only to acknowledge the accomplishments of our forefathers, but also to review what they had to say. …
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