Anaximander
by Carlo Rovelli
The Greek who first said the Earth floats in space and that nature follows laws: the birth of scientific thinking. Rovelli on where science came from.
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Three things you will actually use
- Question the master.
- Nature has laws.
- Science is rebellion with respect.
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The first scientist.
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