Aristotle's Fact Sheet For A Famous Physicist

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Fact Sheet for Famous Physicist

Name of Physicist: Aristotle

Date of Birth: 384 BC Date of Death: 323 BC

Nationality: Greek

Description of Childhood Upbringing/Early Years:
His father named him aristotle because it means “the best purpose”. His father was a physicians and that influenced him a lot. He went to school in Platonic Academy.

Education:
He went to Platonic Academy.

Awards: He did not win any awards but he was pretty famous for the things he did.

Describe at least 5 contribution(s) that your Physicists made to the world of science.
He was one of the first people to disprove the thought that the Earth

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