ANAXIMANDER

BIOGRAPHY

• Born: 610 BCE in Miletus aka Turkey
• Died: 546 BCE
• Believed in the Milesian school of thought

MAJOR IDEAS: COSMOLOGY

• First to develop cosmology
• Combo of physics/astronomy
• Goal: to understand the whole universe

MAJOR IDEAS: WORLD

• Thought that the earth was the top of a cylinder
• Believed that the earth floated without any support

MAJOR IDEAS: WORLD 2

• Drew an early map of the world
• He created a shadow rod to learn about equinoxes

INFLUENCES/INFLUENCED

• Student of Thales of Miletus

SOURCES

• http://www.iep.utm.edu/anaximan/
• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/23149/Anaximander