[EAS] Birth of Science Anniversary

[Peter J. Kindlmann]

(from WHAT'S NEW   Robert L. Park   Friday, May 21, 2010   Washington, DC)

>BIRTH OF SCIENCE: NEXT FRIDAY, MAY 28, SCIENCE WILL BE 2,595 YEARS OLD.
>On May 28, 585 B.C. the swath of a total solar eclipse passed over the 
>Greek island of Miletus.  The early Greek philosopher, Thales of 
>Miletus, alone understood what was happening. The world's first 
>recorded freethinker, Thales rejected all supernatural explanations, 
>and used the occasion to state the first law of science:  every 
>observable effect has a physical cause.  The 585 B.C. eclipse is now 
>taken to mark the birth of science, and Thales is honored as the 
>father.  What troubles would be spared the world if the education of every
child began with causality?

I thought this would be a particularly nice anniversary to observe.
Amongst the many "Day of ..." how about a "Day of Reason"?

     --PJK