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Asimov further suggested that Thales' famous prediction may have been "the birth of science."

There are of course wide-ranging disputes over the possibility of Thales' prediction and the validity and accuracy of Herodotus' account.

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Scientist and #scifi author #IsaacAsimov suggested that the battle was the earliest historical event whose occurrence was verifiable to the day, due to the accuracy with which astronomers can calculate the dates of historical eclipses.
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The eclipse fortuitously occurred during warfare between the Lydians and the Medes. Taking the eclipse to be an omen, both armies laid down their weapons in a truce.
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🌞#OTD in #History 28 May 585 BC, the famous “Eclipse Of #Thales” took place. According to the early Greek historian #Herodotus, the Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus accurately predicted the eclipse, exactly how is not divulged.
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🎨 #AlexandreCalamo, Swiss painter, etcher and lithographer, #DOTD 28 May 1810. #Art #Painting

🎨 #Wols [Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze], German cartoonist and painter, was #BOTD 27 May 1913. #Art #Painting

🎨 #GeorgesRouault, French expressionist painter, was #BOTD 27 May 1871. #Art #Painting

🎨 #OlafGulbransson, Norwegian artist, was #BOTD 26 May 1873. #Art #Painting #Illustration

🎨 #LyubovPopova, Russian avant-garde artist and painter, #DOTD 25 May 1924. #Art #Painting

🎨 #JosephQuinaux, Belgian painter, #DOTD 24 May 1895. #Art #Painting