Thursday, January 23, 2014

No.7

Everyone knows how to use the Pythagorean theorem. The finder of this theory is called Pythagoras. He is said to have been born in the Greek island of Samos. That information, along with everything else about him unfortunately cannot be verified. There is no written documentation from the time that he lived.He is considered by many to be the "father of numbers" because of his belief that everything, even the "gods and demons", could be explained through numbers. However, he was considered to be a much more influential philosophy. He even led a religious movement in which his followers were called Pythagoreans. 

1 comment:

  1. This is very interesting. I can't believe he actually created his own religious group... He must have been very passionate about numbers. Thanks for the new insight; it helped me understand a bit more why we always use his theories and formulas in math.

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