“The Unsung Hero of Western Science”

“The Unsung Hero of Western Science” June 9, 2016

 

Nineteenth-century Athenia mural
From left: Aristotle, Theophrastus, and Strato
A detail from a ca. 1888 fresco at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
(Wikimedia Commons public domain)

 

Almost every educated person has heard of Aristotle.  How many recognize the name Theophrastus?

 

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/06/the-man-who-invented-botany/485780/

 

 


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