Little appreciated but vastly important, metrology celebrates a long history with the adoption of new definitions for key units. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/context/top-10-metrology-landmarks-history-making-measurements4…
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This Greek philosopher had the right idea, just too few elements
The ancient Greek philosopher Empedocles wrongly believed matter to consist of just four elements, but he grasped the basic idea of forces governing unchanging matter. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/context/greek-philosopher-had-right-idea-just-too-few-elements