Mark Weghorst

-Known as the first Greek philosopher

-First to determine sun’s course from solstice to solstice

-Discovered season’s, and that there are 365 days in a year

-Came up with five important mathematical theorems

-A circle is bisected by the diameter

-Angles at the base of isosceles triangle are equal

-Two triangles are congruent if they have two angles an one equal side

-The angles between two intersecting straight lines are equal

-An angle in a semi circle is a right angle

"Water is the principle, or the element, of things"

-First to predict eclipses

-Calculated pyramids height by using shadows. First person to calculate the height of any pyramid

Thales of Miletus was certainly a great philosopher and mathematician whose contributions helped other philosophers and mathematicians along the way. Some other
Thales stories were that he helped stop the war between the Medes and the Lydians by predicting an eclipse. It is also believed that Thales traveled to Egypt and was the one who brought geometry to the Greeks. Thales also used his knowledge to make money. He predicted the olive crop one year to be very large and bought all the olive presses. When the crop arrived like Thales had planed he made a fortune. All of these contributions made by Thales helped pave the road for other great philosophers and mathematicians along the way