Needless to say, there is no critique of the Miller-Urey experiment nor evaluation of its claims; and there is no presentation here of all sides of the evidence as required by Texas's science curriculum standards.
So Pytheas, the mathematician of Marseilles, started off on his northern trip. Unfortunately, his diary and book called The Circuit of the Earth have perished, and our story of geographical discovery is the poorer. But these facts have survived.
Pericles (495â429 BCE, whose name means surrounded by glory) was a prominent statesman, famous orator, and general (in Greek 'Strategosâ) of Athens during the Golden Age of Athens. So profound was his influence that the period in which he led Athens has been called the 'Age of Periclesâ.