Ancient Greek MathArtist: Pythagoras
(c. 570 BC - c. 495 BC (aged around 75)
Photo Left: Bust of Pythagoras of Samos in the Capitoline Museums, Rome
Who was Pythagoras?
Pythagoras of Samos, was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. Most of what we know about Pythagoras was written down centuries after he died.
Who was Pythagoras?
Pythagoras of Samos, was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. Most of what we know about Pythagoras was written down centuries after he died.
Web Resources
Harmony and Proportion in Music - http://www.aboutscotland.com/harmony/prop.html
Dartmouth College - Pythagoras & the Music of the Spheres
Music & Mathematics - Pythagorean Tuning - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_tuning
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From "Oliver Byrne’s 1847 edition of Euclid's Elements, the first six books. Using color and pictures, Byrne attempted to teach Euclid by minimizing textual discussion, including labels. This innovative approach stressed visualization. Oliver Byrne (1810-1880) was trained as a civil engineer but was also employed as surveyor and a sometimes professor of mathematics. Augustus DeMorgan described him as “eccentric and a minor mathematician”. However, his Euclid’s Elements was proudly displayed at The Great Exhibition of 1851 and credited with being “one of the oddest and most beautiful books of the century”." Wikipedia
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