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Written and presented by Peter Adamson, the podcast has made its way philosopher by philosopher, movement by movement, from Thales of Miletus, considered the first Western philosopher, to (as I write) ...
The phenomenon was first – as far as records show – observed by Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, who wrote of the static electricity created by rubbing amber with fur, which then attracted ...
Credit: Wikimedia Commons. In ancient Greece, philosopher Thales of Miletus noticed something strange. When he rubbed fur on amber, the amber attracted dust. This seemingly trivial observation was ...