More than 2,500 years ago, Thales, one of the first Greek philosopher-scientists, predicted an solar eclipse.
Without the Internet, with no computers, not even decent pen and paper for a scratch pad he managed to use science to predict what, till then, was deemed to be the work of a god.
The eclipse duly took place as he predicted - probably on the 28th of May 585 BC
Here are some links about Thales and his eclipse.
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