Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC)
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pythagoras::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Derivation | pythagorean |
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Pythagoras wasn't a carpenter, but anybody who drives nails should know his work.
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Pythagoras, too, apparently advised his ancient Greek followers to do the same.
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Pythagoras was a mathematician and to him the most perfect figure was a sphere.
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Pythagoras is also believed to have inducted one woman, Theano, into his order.
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Pythagoras became the subject of elaborate legends surrounding his historic persona.
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Pythagoras remains to be about summing orthogonal components in every case.
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Pythagoras created a tuning system and helped to codify musical notation.
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Pythagoras founded his school, the Pythagoreans, at Croton circa 530 BCE.
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Pythagoras was never involved in the numerology systems known nowadays.
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- Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC)
- Pythagoras of Samos (US /pu026Au02C8u03B8u00E6u0261u0259ru0259s/; UK /pau026Au02C8u03B8u00E6u0261u0259ru0259s/; Greek: u03A0u03C5u03B8u03B1u03B3u03CCu03C1u03B1u03C2 u1F41 u03A3u03ACu03BCu03B9u03BFu03C2u00A0Pythagu00F3ras ho Su00E1miosu00A0"Pythagoras the Samian", or simply u03A0u03C5u03B8u03B1u03B3u03CCu03C1u03B1u03C2; u03A0u03C5u03B8u03B1u03B3u03CCu03C1u03B7u03C2 in Ionian Greek; c. 570 u2013 c. 495 BC) was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and has been credited as the founder of the movement called Pythagoreanism...
- Pythagoras is a prominent impact crater located near the northwestern lunar limb. It lies just to the northwest of the somewhat larger Babbage. The crater has an oval appearance due to the oblique viewing angle. ...
- Pythagoras of Samos (Ancient Greek: , fl. 5th century BC) was a statuary from Samos whom Pliny the Elder expressly distinguishes from the more renowned Pythagoras from Samos, who was a mathematician. ...
- An Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher; A male given name of mostly historical use, and a transliteration from modern Greek
- The most famous mystic philosopher, born at Samos about 586 B. C., who taught the heliocentric system and reincarnation, the highest mathematics and the highest metaphysics, and who had a school famous throughout the world. (See for fuller particulars, Theos. Gloss.)
- (582?-500?BCE) Greek mathematician responsible for the Pythagorean Theorem which states the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Greek 569-470 B.C., studied in Egypt. Left nothing in writing but is supposed to said that the Earth, Moon and planets and fixed stars revolved round the Sun. Copernicus in the sixteenth century claimed him as the originator of the system which he revived.
