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Thales (other)
Thales of Miletus was a Greek philosopher from Miletus. Thales may also refer to: People * Thaletas or "Thales of Crete", an early Greek musician and poet * Thales (painter), an ancient Greek painter from Sicyon * Thales Leites Lourenço, a Brazilian mixed martial artist * Thales (footballer, born 1994), full name Thales Bento Oleques, Brazilian football fullback * Thales Paula (born 2001), Brazilian football midfielder Geography * 6001 Thales, a main-belt asteroid * Thales (crater), a crater on the Moon Business * Thales Academy, a network of private schools in North Carolina * Thales Group, a France-based engineering and electronics company with various divisions: ** Thales Air Defence ** Thales Alenia Space ** Thales Australia ** Thales Communications ** Thales Navigation ** Thales Nederland ** Thales Optronics ** Thales Rail Signalling Solutions ** Thales Spectra ** Thales Training & Simulation ** Thales Underwater Systems Other * Thales, Indiana, an unincorporated c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thales Of Miletus
Thales of Miletus ( ; grc-gre, Θαλῆς; ) was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, statesman, and pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus in Ionia, Asia Minor. He was one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Many, most notably Aristotle, regarded him as the first philosopher in the Greek tradition, and he is otherwise historically recognized as the first individual known to have entertained and engaged in scientific philosophy.Frank N. Magill''The Ancient World: Dictionary of World Biography'', Volume 1 Routledge, 2003 He is often referred to as the Father of Science. Thales is recognized for breaking from the use of mythology to explain the world and the universe, instead explaining natural objects and phenomena by offering naturalistic theories and hypotheses. Almost all the other pre-Socratic philosophers followed him in explaining nature as deriving from a unity of everything based on the existence of a single ultimate substance instead of using mythological explanations. Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thales Navigation
Magellan Navigation, Inc. is an American producer of consumer and professional grade global positioning system receivers, named after Ferdinand Magellan, the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe. Headquartered in San Dimas, California, with European sales and engineering centres in Nantes, France and Moscow, Russia, Magellan also produces aftermarket automotive GPS units, including the Hertz Neverlost system found in Hertz rental cars. The Maestro, RoadMate, Triton, and eXplorist lines are Magellan's current consumer offerings. The company also produces proprietary road maps (DirectRoute), topographic maps (Topo), and marine charts (BlueNav) for use with its consumer GPS receivers. History Magellan started as an independent company. It was once owned by Orbital Sciences Corporation, which purchased it in 1994. In 2001, Thales Group purchased the Magellan division of Orbital Sciences for about $70 million and the company became known as Thales Navigation. Five years later, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
