Thales

Under questioning, Thales admitted that it had no experience with lithium-ion batteries in airplanes.
Boeing Won’t Budge as Industry Abandons Lithium-Ion Battery|Clive Irving|April 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Requests for comment to Thales and Airbus were not answered.
Air France 447 Report: How the Plane Went Down|Clive Irving|July 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Airbuses have pitot tubes made by two companies—by the U.S. company Goodrich, and by the European company Thales.
The 800 Dangerous Airbus Planes in the Sky|Clive Irving|March 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It was the Thales manufactured gauges that were discovered on the assembly line with oil in them.
The 800 Dangerous Airbus Planes in the Sky|Clive Irving|March 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST

The progress of philosophy from Thales to Plato is the most stupendous triumph of the human intellect.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
We do not read of any remarkable philosophical inquirer until Thales arose, the first of the Ionian school.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
Anaximenes, the disciple of Thales, pursued his master's inquiries and adopted his method.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
Thales felt that there was a grand question to be answered relative to the beginning of things.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
The struggles of so many great thinkers, from Thales to Aristotle, all ended in doubt and in despair.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord

British Dictionary definitions for Thales

Thales

/ (ˈθeɪliːz) /

noun

?624–?546 bc, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer, born in Miletus. He held that water was the origin of all things and he predicted the solar eclipse of May 28, 585 bc

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Scientific definitions for Thales

Thales

[ thā′lēz ]

624?-546? bce

Greek philosopher who was considered by later Greek writers to be a founder of geometry and abstract astronomy. He is said to have accurately predicted a solar eclipse in 585 bce, although this and certain other stories associated with Thales have been questioned by modern scholars.

Cultural definitions for Thales

Thales

[ (thay-leez) ]

An ancient philosopher of Greece, called by some the first genuine Greek philosopher. He lived about 600 years before Jesus and about 150 years before Socrates.

notes for Thales

Thales is known for predicting an eclipse and thus contributing to the idea that the heavens were separate from the gods.