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This page contains a brief history of Pythagoras as well as a description of the origin of the Pythagorean Theorem ... Be aware that there are no good records about the life of Pythagoras, so the exact dates and other issues are not known with certainty. In addition, the names of some of the people as well as the places...
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www.arcytech.org/java/pythagoras/history.html
www.arcytech.org/java/pythagoras/history.html
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Pythagoras lived in the 500's BC, and was one of the first Greek mathematical thinkers. He spent most of his life in the Greek colonies in Sicily and southern Italy. He had a group of followers (like the disciples of Jesus) who followed him ... Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans: A Brief History, by Charles Kahn (2001).
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www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/science/math/pythag...
www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/science/math/pythagoras.htm
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A Brief History of the Pythagorean Theorem ... Just Who Was This Pythagoras, Anyway? ... Pythagoras (569-500 B.C.E.) was born on the island of Samos in Greece, and did much traveling through Egypt, learning, among other things, mathematics. Not much more is known of his early years.
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www.geom.uiuc.edu/~demo5337/Group3/hist.html
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ancient Greek scientist, mathematician ... Very little is known about Pythagoras's life. He is thought to have been born on the Greek island of Samos, and travelled widely in his youth, visiting Egypt and Persia. He settled in the city of Crotone in southern Italy. ... Ancient History in-depth...
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www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/pythagoras.shtml
www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/pythagoras.shtml
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Today Pythagoras is best remembered for the Pythagorean theorem: The square of the length of the hypotenuse (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) of a right triangle equals the sum of the squares of the lengths of the triangle's other two sides. ... Search History Fact Finder:
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This famous theorem is named for the Greek mathematician and philosopher, Pythagoras. Pythagoras founded the Pythagorean School of Mathematics in Cortona, a Greek seaport in Southern Italy. He is credited with many contributions to mathematics although some of them may have ... Katz, Victor J. . A History of Mathematics.
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jwilson.coe.uga.edu/emt669/Student.Folders/Morris.Steph...
jwilson.coe.uga.edu/emt669/Student.Folders/Morris.Stephanie/EMT.669/Essay.1/Pythagorean.html
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The 6th century BCE philosopher. ... Pythagoras (fl. 530 BCE) must have been one of the world's greatest men, but he wrote nothing, and it is hard to say how much of the doctrine we know as Pythagorean is due to the founder of the society and how much is later development.
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www.utm.edu/research/iep/p/pythagor.htm
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Historically, Pythagoras means much more that the familiar theorem about right triangles. The philosophy of Pythagoras and his school has impacted the very fiber of mathematics and physics, even the western tradition of liberal education no matter what the discipline.
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www.math.tamu.edu/~don.allen/history/pythag/pythag.html
www.math.tamu.edu/~don.allen/history/pythag/pythag.html
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