Astronomy
Understanding the Human Body
- Determined how far away the moon and sun was away from the earth
- Named 850 stars
- Astronomy comes from a greek word which means star
- Hipparchus- known as best astronomer of ancient times
- Determined lunar and solar eclipse
- Aristarchus- first one to suggest that the earth revolves around the sun
Understanding the Human Body
- Even though Ancient Greece knew things about the human body, they didn’t even cut it open.
- They believed if they cut open the human body, the gods would punish them
- These people knew about the body due to sports
- Discovered that the heart was a pump that sent blood to the brain
- Also discovered that the brain was the center of the nervous system.