Pythagoras - North Elementary School
Pythagoras - North Elementary School
Pythagoras - North Elementary School
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<strong>Pythagoras</strong><br />
by: Alyssa Parrish
<strong>Pythagoras</strong><br />
Greek philosopher and mathematician<br />
born on the island of Samos ,Ionia
<strong>Pythagoras</strong><br />
believed that the Earth was<br />
spherical and that the sun,<br />
moon, and planets have<br />
movements of their own.<br />
founded a school (brotherhood)<br />
among the Aristocrats.
<strong>Pythagoras</strong><br />
was famous for formulating the Pythagorean<br />
theorem A2+B2=C2<br />
This theorem states that the square of the<br />
hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal<br />
to the sum of the squares of the other two<br />
sides.
<strong>Pythagoras</strong><br />
LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT HIS LATER<br />
YEARS. HE EITHER LEFT THE CITY<br />
SOMETIME BEFORE THE OUTBREAK<br />
OF WAR AND ESCAPED DEATH OR<br />
WAS KILLED IN THE VIOLENCE.
Bibliography<br />
World Book Encyclopedia, Volume<br />
15, pg.921
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