ari Dhairekodhi dhata reThales yeMireto havana chokwadi asi vakarerekera nekuti nyuchi yechiGiriki yeAsia Minor yakazvarwa muguta reMireto (624-546 BC). Ndiye aive wekutanga kutsanangura zvine musoro izvo zvakambotorwa kurerutswa nengano. Iye ndiye akatsanangura "iyo nzira kubva mungano kuenda kune logo."
Magetsi anoshandiswa pazvinhu zvese uye anodhura chete kusimudza chiuno, akaverengerwa nekuvandudzwa nevarume vazhinji munhoroondo yese, asi vese vanobvuma kuti wekutanga kuumbiridza kuvepo kwesimba iri aive wekutanga kumadokero muzivi, wechiGreek Thales weMireto. .
Magetsi agara aripo ndeechisikigo, munhu akangozviwana uye akashandisa mukana wacho. Natural magetsi inonzi static.
Thales weMireto aive muvambi weiyo Ionian Chikoro cheFiziro uye mumwe wevarume vanomwe vakachenjera veGirisi.
Akaona kuti kana akakwesha kamuti kemafuta (fossilized resin) nemucheka, akakwezva zvinhu zvakapfava, zvakaita semashizha akaoma, minhenga, shinda dzemachira, asi haana kuwana mhando dzemhosva, asi aive nechokwadi chekuti magetsi aive echinhu chakakwizwa. Thales, akanzwa kuti chivakwa ichi chaive mukati me amber.
Uku kuona kuri nyore ndiko kwekutanga kuwanikwa nezve magetsi.
Gare gare iyo Muzivi wechiGiriki Theophrastus (374-287 BC) yakanyora yekutanga sainzi kudzidza kwemagetsi paakaona kuti zvimwe zvinhu zvine simba rakafanana rekukwezva.
Kunyangwe iro izwi magetsi rinobva pazwi rechiGiriki elektron rinoreva amber.
Munguva yeMiddle Ages sainzi haina kuongororwa, asi muna AD 1.600 chiremba wechiFizikiki uye chiremba William Gilbert vakawana nzvimbo iyi mumitumbi yakasiyana siyana.