pythagoras
- n Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC)
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- Fantastic Voyage
By: Zoe Haskell There's a story about Pythagoras, the ancient Greek philosopher, in which he's walking through a marketplace listening to the sweet clangity-clang of hammers on metal, and he notices that some of the hammers sound good together, and others sound li
Nov. 5, 2013 - Santa Fe Reporter
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- Damon Albarn in The Guardian
...trio are collaborating on an opera about John Dee, a mathematician and mystic who advised Queen Elizabeth I. In an interview this week, Albarn said he is doing his homework, reading "Euclid and Pythagoras and all of that stuff". - Marcus du Sautoy in BBC News
Pythagoras certainly imbued certain numbers with a lot of mystical significance,Marcus du Sautoy says. "He thought 10, for example, was a very special number because of the way you can arrange 10 stones into a beautiful sort of equilateral... - Gioseffo Zarlino in National
Gioseffo Zarlino called Willaert "the new Pythagoras", and like Pythagoras he established a cult of his own, the proto-Baroque Venetian School.