Weiß gekalkte Häuser mit strahlend blauen Dächern wurden am Felshang einer Insel erbaut. Foto: Unsplash/Jonathan Gallegos.
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Greece

Science in Greece

Scissors, nutcrackers and pliers: Many everyday objects work with the leverage effect. It was apparently first understood in Greece, where Archimedes first described this physical effect around 200 years before Christ - and also developed the burning glass, the pulley block and the screw in addition to numerous mathematical theories. The first version of a steam engine also originated in Greece: conceived by Heron in the first century AD.

The Facts

Population 10,361,000 [1]
Area 128,900 km² [2]
Gross domestic product per capita in US-Dollar 22,805.0 [3]
Public expenditure on education (share of GDP) 4.4 % [4]
Share of female researchers 37.8 %
Universities 59
Universities per 1 million inhabitants 5.30
Students 794,107
Expenditure on Research and Development (share of GDP) 1.2 (share of GDP) [5]

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Corinth Canal
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Corinth Canal
No construction project in the world has probably taken longer: 1826 years had passed since the first sod was turned before the man-made Corinth Canal was completed. At just 24 metres wide, the channel separates the Greek mainland from the Peloponnese region. Corinth, a major trading centre in ancient times, is located there. However, the […]
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National Archaeological Museum Athens
Greece, the land of philosophy, sculpture and – the first computer? That is what the Antikythera mechanism is sometimes called. After 2,000 years in the sea, only corroded fragments remain, but from these, researchers have been able to reconstruct an impressive piece of machinery. A total of six dials could be used to read various […]
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Acropolis
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Acropolis
It sits enthroned on a 156-metre-high rock, high above the roofs of the Greek capital, visible from the Mediterranean Sea: the Acropolis of Athens. The original Acropolis had been almost completely destroyed by Persians. Thereupon the Athenian statesman Pericles had the city fortress rebuilt between 467 and 406 BC. The Parthenon, the largest temple, remained […]
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