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Look up: pythagoras

  1. Pythagoras
    Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher. He was born on the island of samos in 582bc, dying in 500bc.
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  2. Pythagoras
    [n] - Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem
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  3. Pythagoras
    (person) (Pythagoras of Samos, Ionia; about 569-475 BC) The Greek mathematician who founded a philosophical and religious school in Croton (now Crotone) in southern Italy. Pythagoras is most famous for Pythagoras's Theorem but other important postulates are attributed to him, e.g. the sum of the angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles. (2...
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  4. Pythagoras
    Pythagoras: (Born c. 580 B.C.E.) Greek philosopher and mathematician who promoted health through a special vegetarian diet.
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  5. Pythagoras
    Definition (keystage 1) Pythagoras of Samos (c 569 BC - c 475 BC) - an ancient Greek mathematician. None of his writings survive, and we know relatively little about the mathematics which he did. He is said to have been the leader of a religious/scientific group and to have worked on arithmetic and geometry. The theorem which we know as Pythagoras' ...
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  6. Pythagoras
    noun Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC)
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  7. Pythagoras
    `Pythagoras of Samos` (Greek: ; between 580 and 572 BC-between 500 and 490 BC) was an Ionian (Greek) philosopher and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. He is often revered as a great mathematician, mystic and scientist; however some have questioned the scope of his contributions to mathematics or natural philosophy. Herodotus referred to him as `the most able philosopher among the Greeks`. His name led him to be associated ...
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  8. Pythagoras
    Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the Pythagorean brotherhood that, although religious in nature, formulated principles that ... [20 related articles]
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  9. Pythagoras
    noted Greek sculptor of Rhegium, in Italy (present Reggio di Calabria), a contemporary of Myron and Polyclitus and their rival in making statues of ...
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  10. Pythagoras
    Pythagoras (pithăg'urus) , c.582–c.507 B.C., pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, founder of the Pythagorean school. He migrated from his native Samos to Crotona and established a secret religious society or order similar to, and possibly influenced by, the earlier Orphic cult. We know li...
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