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It wasn't until the 19th century the notion of systematically cataloging anything got much traction. See e.g. how the SI and MKS systems came from this time. T
by hyperman1 5y ago
It wasn't until the 19th century the notion of systematically cataloging anything got much traction. See e.g. how the SI and MKS systems came from this time. This was the point in time where science as an activity got a lot more organized.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoTo be fair, Aristotle did quite a lot of that too, although the doctrinal position his conclusions came to have held back science for quite a bit. Aristotle didn't have the data available to the 19th century scientists, but his methodology was surprisingly solid and well grounded. Linnaeus also did a lot of work in the 18th century, which in many ways paved way for the scientific boom in the 19th century.