SCIENTISTS

PLINY THE ELDER

• Real names was Gaius Plinius Secundus
• Philosopher & army commander
• Wrote science related books

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• Books included geography, anthropology,
• Zoology, and medical uses of plants
• His book shaped scientific theories
• And formed education

PTOLEMY

• Greco-Egyptian writer of Alexandria
• known as a mathematician, astronomer, geographer,
• astrologer, and poet of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology.
• Ptolemy also devised and provided instructions on how to create map