Note: The Pergamon Museum will be closed beginning in October 2023 for extensive renovations. It will reopen in spring 2027, according to the museum’s website.
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 ...
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 ...