Discovery journey
Thales from Milet
Thales from Milet was a Greek philosopher, mathematician and scientist. He already lived 2600 years ago. He was a pioneer in many areas, so many of his findings have been scientific knowledge for many centuries. One day he made a significant discovery:
When Thales from Milet was experimenting with a piece of amber one summer day, he noticed something, which no one before had ever seen.
Suddenly the amber started attracting small feathers, pieces of straw and the hair of his arms.
Immediately he ran to his friends and told them:
„Fascinating. All of a sudden all those small things began to fly towards my amber as if by magic.
But I only...