Pythagoras of Samos (570BC-495BC) was a Greek philosopher whose teachings and philosophy not only influenced other Greek philosophers such as Plato (424BC-347BC), but also Western scientists such as ...

Use Pythagoras’ theorem to show a triangle is right-angled or to find one side of a right-angled triangle when two sides are known. Make sure you are confident at substituting into and manipulating ...

The Pythagorean theorem is usually taught as the brainchild of one Greek philosopher: Pythagoras. It’s one of the simplest, most elegant, and most important theorems in all of mathematics. But ...

Lily Allen wonders if anyone still needs to be taught a bit of ancient Greek geometry. Well, for a start, without it there would be no digital music Lily Allen gave a voice to bored schoolchildren ...

The Pythagorean cup, also known as the Greedy Cup or the Cup of Justice, is a marvel of ancient engineering and a profound symbol of ethical teaching attributed to the famous Greek mathematician and ...

Akshat was working through a standard geometry exercise, the chapter that introduces the right-angled triangle and the formula a 2 + b 2 = c 2. He paused for a moment, not because the problem was ...

August 15, 2017 (8/15/17) was Pythagorean Theorem Day (see I missed Pythagorean Theorem Day). I was not even aware that there was such a day until this year, but it brought to my attention some really ...