Module 4: The People of Science

Lesson 3: Hero of Alexandria

Lesson 4: Galen and Roger Bacon

eratosthenes
Eratosthenes was born around 276
B.C.E. at a Greek colony in Cyrene,
Libya. He was educated at the
academies of Athens and was
appointed to run the Great Library at
Alexandria in 240. While serving as
head librarian and scholar,
Eratosth
enes
CONTRIBUTIONS
-accurately measure
the earths
circumference.
-he found out
to be nearly
250000
stadia(25000
-created a calendar that
miles)
included a leap year.
 GALEN
-.
 
-also known as
“Galen of
Pergamon”
Galen was born at Pergamum, Asia
Minor on the 22 September 131 and was
educated by his father, who decided his
son should enter the medical profession.
This was a wise choice as his son went on
to become extremely famous.
 
ERROR OF GALEN
-Anatomy
-Physiology of the
circulatory system
- Brain controls all
the motions of the
muscles through
cranial and
peripheral nervous
system
 
 ROGER
BACON
Roger Bacon (1214/1220–1292), Master of
Arts, University of Paris, later Franciscan
Friar was one of the earliest witnesses to
the reception of Aristotle at Paris soon after
the lifting of the Condemnations of 1210,
1215, 1231. Trained in Logic and Natural
Philosophy at Oxford he was a
contemporary of Albert the Great and
William of Auvergne at Paris in the 1240s.
Sometime after 1247/8, he became an
independent scholar with an interest in
languages and experimental-scientific
concerns.
 - also known as Doctor
Mirabillis
- English philosopher and a
Franciscan Friar who
emphasized the study of
“nature through empirical
methods”.
- Scientific method is largely
Baconian
 -he was the first European to
describe in detail the process
making gun powder.
• -proposed flying machines and motorized
ships and carriages.