Pythagoras about 585-507 B.C. By: Jesus Del Toro Powerpoint Templates
Background Born in Samos, Greece Pythagoras also a philosopher He learned from the Ionian philosophers Drawn away from Samos because of his disgust for tyranny of Polycrates Traveled to Egypt to study with priest on one of the major temple schools
Pythagoreanism He had his own cult, people called Pythagoreans Founded own school in Croton This school was base more on religion and philosophy
Discoveries The Pythagorean Theorem Discovered the existence of irrational numbers. First to distinguish between prime and composite. Related music to math
Great Mathematician or Overrated? In my opinion Pythagoras is a great mathematician for all of his discoveries not only math but also astronomy and music. But a lot of credit has to go to his students for keeping his teachings because no work of Pythagoras was saved .
Mathematicians of Samos Aristarchus Conon
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Source Page http://www.mathopenref.com/pythagoras.html http://alchemy1961.tripod.com/pythagoras.htm http://hubpages.com/hub/How-Is-The-Pythagorean-Theorem-Used-Today http://www.lycos.com/info/pythagoras--music.html