The Pythagorean theorem, a cornerstone of mathematics for millennia, provides a method for determining unknown sides in right ...

In his work The Histories, ancient Greek historian Herodotus wrote that the Greeks borrowed much of their knowledge, ...

Old Babylonian tablet likely used for surveying uses Pythagorean triples at least 1,000 years before Pythagoras An Australian ...

Pythagoras, the famous Greek scientist, had a fascinating but largely unknown ancestry which connects him to Greek mythology.

How Pythagoras turned math into a tool for understanding reality The ‘music of the spheres’ was born from the effort to use numbers to explain the universe ...

The Pythagorean Theorem—discovered by the Greek mathematician Pythagoras in the 6th century BCE—is a cornerstone of mathematics. Simply stated as a 2 + b 2 = c 2, the theorem posits that the ...

Pythagoras, a renowned Ancient Greek thinker, revolutionized mathematics and possibly led a cult. Discover his hidden history and lasting impact.

Vegetarians used to be called Pythagoreans in an ode to the famed Greek mathematician, Pythagoras. Known for his Pythagorean theorem, Pythagoras was once considered the "father" of vegetarianism.

Their passion for mathematics shines through their work to uncover new proofs for a theorem attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras over 2,500 years ago.

Of Math and Mystics Beyond the fact that he was born on the Greek isle of Samos around 569 B.C. and died around 475 B.C., not much is known about him. Pythagoras left no writings, but he did found a ...