The history of science is concerned with the evolution of science from antiquity to the present. Natural, social, and formal science are all included in it. The origins of science can be traced back to roughly 3000 to 1200 BCE in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Aristotle's Lagoon: How He Invented Science Many people regard Aristotle to be the first scientist, despite the fact that the term predates him by more than two millennia. He pioneered the techniques of reasoning, observation, inquiry, and demonstration in Greece in the fourth century BC. 20-Aug-2014