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**“We Lost Centuries”: How Monks Erased Archimedes’ Work and Delayed Science by Hundreds of Years**
"_Accidentally erased by monks and rediscovered through cutting-edge tech, this ancient text could have changed the course of history._"
@ChemicalEyeGuy Whilst reading ancient Greek philosophy one is struck by how many nascent scientific notions were floating about the ancient world just waiting to be developed further.
@bibliolater Yes, certainly many promising ideas were not developed further because of neglect. But few as promising as the atomic #philosophy were actively suppressed. https://www.deepthinkers.net/why-did-aristotle-reject-democritus-idea-of-the-atom/
@bibliolater Fascinating! Now do Democritus. The subversion of his atomic philosophy delayed the development of #chemistry by over 2 millennia! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democritus