Cleostratus was a truly pioneering Greek astronomer who lived on the small Aegean island of Tenedos in the 6th century BC.

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Life in ancient Greece revolved around city-states ... In Athens, boys from wealthy families studied reading, writing, mathematics, and rhetoric, preparing them for civic life. Intellectual giants ...

Her work was so quiet and fundamental—to academia and industry, all over the world—that she believed her job would be safe.