University/Organization
Division of Natural Science and Mathematics
Bloomfield College
New Jersey
Title
NATURE EXPLAINED NATURALLY (PRE-SOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY VS. CUTTING-EDGE PHYSICS)
Synopsis
The scientific theories of the pre-Socratics, natural philosophers from the sixth and fifth centuries BCE, were extraordinary! What were they and how do they measure up with our sophisticated mind-bending modern science after two and a half millennia of scientific progress? The answer will be surprising—scientists today are still pondering the fundamental problems raised twenty-five hundred years ago.