Anaximander: And the Birth of Science

This Pythagorean theory is attributed to Philolaus, a Theban, who lived at the end of the fifth century B.C. Although it is fanciful and in part quite unscientific, it is very important, since it involves the greater part of the imaginative effort required for conceiving the Copernican hypothesis. To conceive of the earth, not as the centre of the

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Sagan recognized that what motivates those who turn to astrology is, deep down, a sense of curiosity and wonder. He recognized this because it was the same curiosity and wonder he experienced whenever he looked up at the stars. This basic human empathy was a big part of what made him such a gifted communicator. Sagan pursued science as an expressio

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