Thales of
Miletus (624 – 546 BC).
l600 BC- Electricity discovered by the first known Greek engineer, mathematician, scientist and philosopher Thales of Miletus – „the first philosopher
of Western Civilization“, being
the only philosopher before
Socrates to be among
the Seven Sages
lWhen amber ( in Greek, ελεκτρον)
is rubbed with fur, it acquires the ability to attract
other materials such as feathers or bits of straw. The
force, first observed by Thales, is very weak.
