Contribution of Aristotle

Aristotle introduced the concept of Scientific Method by proposing that the principles of nature
could be found within nature and could be discovered using careful observation and inductive
reasoning. This also included a classification of about 500 species of birds, mammals and fishes.
Many of the elements used in his system of classification are still used today.
Aristotle established the Peripatetic School, known as the Lyceum, in 335 BC. In his philosophy
and teachings, Aristotle focused on the fundamental truths of the world around him. His views on
physical science profoundly shaped medieval scholarship and beyond, including that of Galileo
and Einstein.
Aristotle was the first to prove that the Earth is spherical. By observing the behavior of shadows
during an eclipse, directional variations and the effects of gravity, Aristotle deduced that the
Earth was spherical. This observation would go onto influence ideas about the erosion of
mountains and surface tension. It also explained why planets and stars are also spherical.

Contribution of Pythagoras
Pythagoras and His Contributions to the Math World Although Pythagoras was not the best
known Greek mathematician, he made many contributions to the way we use math today.
Pythagoras is credited with inventing the Pythagorean theorem. He also founded the Pythagorean
brotherhood. Pythagoras also invented a lot of number patterns. Plato and Aristotle were
influenced by Pythagoras's way of thinking. Also, he was a Greek religious leader who made
huge developments in math that may have changed the math world. Pythagoras of Samos is often
described as the first pure mathematician. He is an extremely important figure in the
development of modern mathematics yet we know relatively few facts of his life.

Contribution of Plato
One of the most intriguing concepts that caught the imagination of Plato around the time of 350
B.C. was the existence and uniqueness of the five regular solids, which are now known as the
five Platonic solids. It is not certain who first discovered these regular solids first, but many
believe that it was spoke of as early as the Pythagoreans. However, sources including Euclid
indicate that Theaetetus, a friend of Platos, was the first to write the first complete account of
these five shapes. Platos theory ultimately constructs the basis for what is to be Book XIII of
Euclids Elements. Plato, in any case, was extremely impressed by these definitively regular
solids, and later on in life was intrigued to write his theory of everything in relation to these five
polyhedrons. (Devlin 115)
The most intriguing aspect of these shapes to Plato at the time was that these were the
only shapes that constituted perfect symmetry within a non-planar set of points. The names of
these shapes are the hexahedron (cube), tetrahedron, octahedron, icosahedron and the
dodecahedron.