* 1913 – John Argyris, Greek scientist ( d. 2004 )

In 1600, the English scientist William Gilbert returned to the subject in De Magnete, and coined the New Latin word electricus from ηλεκτρον ( elektron ), the Greek word for " amber ", which soon gave rise to the English words " electric " and " electricity.

The word was coined by the scientist Michael Faraday from the Greek words elektron ( meaning amber, from which the word electricity is derived ) and hodos, a way.

For example, following the ideas of Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle, scientists reasoned that a cannonball falls down because its natural position is in the earth ; the sun, the moon, and the stars travel in circles around the earth because it is the nature of heavenly objects to travel in perfect circles.

* 585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce.

Along with scientist William Ramsay at University College, London, Lord Rayleigh theorized that the nitrogen extracted from air was mixed with another gas, leading to an experiment that successfully isolated a new element, argon, from the Greek word (, " inactive ").

" No one in the history of civilization has shaped our understanding of science and natural philosophy more than the great Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle ( 384-322 BC ), who exerted a profound and pervasive influence for more than two thousand years " — Gary B. Ferngren

* The Greek philosopher and scientist, Aristotle, faces a strong anti-Macedonian reaction in Athens following the death of Alexander the Great.

His experiments were based on earlier works on refraction carried out by the Greek scientist Ptolemy

The earliest medical scientist of whose works any great part survives today is Hippocrates, a Greek physician active in the late 5th and early 4th centuries BCE ( 460-377 BCE ).

** Archimedes of Syracuse, Greek mathematician and scientist, who has calculated formulae for the areas and volumes of spheres, cylinders, parabolas and other plane and solid figures.

* Posidonius of Apamea, Greek Stoic philosopher and scientist ( d. 51 BC )

* After a two years ' siege, Roman general, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, gradually forces his way into Syracuse and takes it in the face of strong Carthaginian reinforcements and despite the use of engines of war designed by the Greek mathematician and scientist Archimedes ( such as the Claw of Archimedes ).

* Archimedes of Syracuse, Greek mathematician and scientist, who has calculated formulae for the areas and volumes of spheres, cylinders, parabolas and other plane and solid figures.

* Paris Kanellakis ( 1953 – 1995 ), Greek computer scientist

* The Greek philosopher and scientist, Aristotle, travels from Assus to Lesbos to study natural history, especially marine biology.

* March 7 – Aristotle, Greek philosopher and scientist ( b. 384 BC )

* The Greek philosopher and scientist, Aristotle, goes to Athens as a pupil at Plato's Academy.

One of Durrell's tutor's friends, the Greek doctor, scientist, poet and philosopher Theodore Stephanides, became Durrell's greatest friend and mentor, and his ideas left a lasting impression on the young naturalist.

Osho aimed to create a " new man " combining the spirituality of Gautama Buddha with the zest for life embodied by Nikos Kazantzakis ' Zorba the Greek: " He should be as accurate and objective as a scientist ... as sensitive, as full of heart, as a poet ... as rooted deep down in his being as the mystic.

The Greek car designer Alec Issigonis created the iconic Mini automobile, while the computer scientist Michael Dertouzos was amongst the pioneers of the internet.

The term taphonomy ( from the Greek taphos-τάφος meaning burial, and nomos-νόμος meaning law ) was introduced to paleontology in 1940 by Russian scientist Ivan Efremov to describe the study of the transition of remains, parts, or products of organisms, from the biosphere, to the lithosphere, i. e. the creation of fossil assemblages.

* 1121-Al-Khazini, a Muslim scientist of Byzantine Greek descent, publishes The Book of the Balance of Wisdom, the first study on the hydrostatic balance.

Ancient Greek mathematician, astronomer and scientist Pythagoras, believed by some to be the originator of physiognomics, once rejected a prospective follower named Cylon simply because of his appearance, which Pythagoras deemed indicative of bad character

The stone was given its name by Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher and naturalist, who discovered the stone along the shore line of the river Achates () sometime between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC.

* The Characters, a book by the Greek philosopher Theophrastus

The Greek writer Theophrastus, who flourished during the 4th century BC, uses papuros when referring to the plant used as a foodstuff and bublos for the same plant when used for nonfood products, such as cordage, basketry, or writing surfaces.

The first clear mention of a sunspot in Western literature, around 300 BC, was by the ancient Greek scholar Theophrastus, student of Plato and Aristotle and successor to the latter.

Ancient Greek and Roman medical texts by Hippocrates, Theophrastus, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Pedanius Dioscorides, and Pliny the Elder discussed the use of opium and Solanum species.

220 A. D .) Aconite was also described in Greek and Roman medicine by Theophrastus, Dioscorides, and Pliny the Elder, who most likely prescribed the Alpine species Aconitum lycoctonum.

The two types, κάρδαμομον and ἄμωμον were distinguished in the fourth century BCE by the Greek father of botany, Theophrastus, some of whose informants told him they came to Greece from the land of the Medes in northern Persia, while others were aware it came originally from India.

* Theophrastus, Greek Peripatetic philosopher and pupil of Aristotle ( b. c. 372 BC )

* Theophrastus, Greek philosopher, a native of Eressos in Lesbos, the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school ( b. c. 370 BC )

" Dianthus " was coined by Greek botanist Theophrastus, and is derived from the Greek words for divine (" dios ") and flower (" anthos ").

* Theophrastus, Greek philosopher, a native of Eressos in Lesbos, the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school ( d. c. 285 BC )

The earliest mention of Hermaphroditus in Greek literature is by the philosopher Theophrastus ( 3rd century BC ), in his book The Characters, XVI The Superstitious Man, in which he portrays various types of eccentric people.

Theophrastus ( Greek: ; c. 371 – c. 287 BC ), a Greek native of Eresos in Lesbos, was the successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school.

His given name was Tyrtamus (), but he later became known by the nickname " Theophrastus ," given to him, it is said, by Aristotle to indicate the grace of his conversation ( ancient Greek: Θεός

Likewise we find mention of monographs of Theophrastus on the early Greek philosophers Anaximenes, Anaxagoras, Empedocles, Archelaus, Diogenes of Apollonia, Democritus, which were made use of by Simplicius ; and also on Xenocrates, against the Academics, and a sketch of the political doctrine of Plato.

Theophrastus ' Enquiry into Plants was first published in a Latin translation by Theodore Gaza, at Treviso, 1483 ; in its original Greek it first appeared from the press of Aldus Manutius at Venice, 1495 – 98, from a third-rate manuscript, which, like the majority of the manuscripts that were sent to printers ' workshops in the fifteenth and sixteenth century, has disappeared.

* Theophrastus and the Greek physiological psychology before Aristotle, by George Malcolm Stratton, ( 1917 ), at the Internet Archive.

His works chiefly consist of philological dissertations, commentaries ( on Aeschylus, Sophocles, Theophrastus, Philo and portions of Cicero ), and translations of Greek authors into Latin and French.

* Historia Plantarum ( also called Enquiry into Plants / Inquiry into Plants ) is the name by which is known an ancient Greek survey of botany written by Theophrastus between the 3rd and the 2nd century BC.

This distinction dates back to the Greek philosopher Theophrastus ( 370 – 285 BCE ), the " Father of Botany ", who was keenly aware of this difference.

He is considered to be the source for all Greek pharmacotherapeutic treatises between the time of Theophrastus and Dioscorides.

The name Dianthus is from the Greek words dios (" god ") and anthos (" flower "), and was cited by the Greek botanist Theophrastus.