Greeks Crossword Puzzle
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- 2. A well-known astronomer and geographer who developed a mathematical model of Hipparchus' system of celestial mechanics
- 3. Sought to explain the nature of all things in mathematical
- 6. method The process used by scientists to study something
- 7. method Asking questions, making people arrive, step-by-step, at a final conclusion, or truth
- 8. The Father of Scientific Medicine
- 10. Figured Earth's circumferance
- 11. A method of reason that uses three related statements where the third statement is a conclusion
- 12. A fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry among the three sides of a right triangle
- 14. Is the Father of Geometry
- 15. A pre-Socratic Greek/Phonecian philosopher, mathematician and astronomer from Miletus in Asia Minor
- 16. A Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire and lived in the fifth century BC
- 18. One of Plato's brightest students
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- 1. A student of Socrates
- 2. science The branch of knowledge that deals with systems of government; the analysis of political activity and behavior
- 4. Concluded that Earth revolves around the sun
- 5. An oath stating the obligations and proper conduct of doctors, formerly taken by those beginning medical practice
- 9. Explained the principle of the lever
- 12. Studying the laws of nature and loving wisdom
- 13. A possible explanation
- 17. He believed people could discover truth if they know how to think by asking questions