Anaximander

Finished reading this fascinating short book about a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, Anaximander, who for the first time figured out that earth is a sphere floating freely in space.

The book compellingly argues everyone from Eratosthenes, to Ptolemy, to Copernicus, to Einstein stand on his shoulders.

The book has a beautifully written chapter on "what is science". The book ends with the opening lines from nāsadīya sūkta.

Loved it.