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380 BCE
Plato's Philosophy of Mathematics
Plato writes Meno. -
380 BCE
Plato's Philosophy of Mathematics
Plato discusses if virtue can be taught and what it is. -
360 BCE
Plato's Philosophy of Mathematics
Plato writes of the allegory of the cave. -
360 BCE
Plato's Philosophy of Mathematics
Plato writes book VII, The Republic, an explanation of how humans are educated. -
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Species, Monsters and Things in Between
Taxonomy emerged. -
Prisoners of Probability
Pascal develops the Pascaline, capable of adding and subtracting. -
Age of the Earth
Bishop James Ussher used a combination of biblical chronology, historical accounts, and astronomical cycles to estimate that 4004 B.C. was the date of creation. This date was added to English translations of the Bible for the next 200 years. -
Prisoners of Probability
Pascal and Fermat created the concept of expected value. -
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Species, Monsters and Things in Between
Carl Linnaeus introduced his system of organizing living things. -
Age of the Earth
In his book, Telliamed (published 10 years after his death), Benoit de Maillet estimated that the age of the Earth was 2 billion years old based on sea level decline. -
Age of the Earth
In his book, Les époques de la nature, Buffon estimated that the age of the Earth was 75,000 years old (based on the cooling properties of iron). -
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Species, Monsters and Things in Between
Microbiologists began naming species. -
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Age of the Earth
Sir Charles Lyell in Principles of Geology claimed that the thought process behind aging the Earth was wrong. He introduced the idea of uniformitarianism, the act of the Earth progressing as it does today, with no catastrophic event occurring. -
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Age of the Earth
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Species, Monsters and Things in Between
Charles Darwin claims that species are indefinable since they haven’t been fixed since creation. -
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Prisoners of Probability
The RAND corporation began analyzing defense applications of game theory. -
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Prisoners of Probability
The RAND corporation came up with the prisoner dilemma. -
