Pythagoras of Samos (Ancient Greek: Πυθαγόρας; c. 570 – c. 495 BC) was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher, polymath and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism...
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Pythagoreanism (redirect from Cult of Pythagoras)
and around the teachings and beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers, the Pythagoreans. Pythagoras established the first Pythagorean community in...
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Pythagorean theorem (redirect from Pythagoras' Theorem)
In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem or Pythagoras' theorem is a fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry between the three sides of a right triangle...
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Look up Pythagoras or Pýþagóras in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pythagoras was a Greek mathematician and philosopher. Pythagoras may also refer to:...
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Pythagoras was a freedman of the Roman emperor Nero, whom he married in a public ceremony in which the emperor took the role of bride. Little is known...
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Pythagorean cup (redirect from Pythagoras cup)
as a Pythagoras cup, Greedy Cup, Cup of Justice or Tantalus cup) is a practical joke device in a form of a drinking cup, credited to Pythagoras of Samos...
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Pythagoras is a prominent impact crater located near the northwestern limb of the Moon. It lies just to the northwest of the somewhat larger Babbage. The...
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Pythagoras, or Pythagoras the Spartan (Ancient Greek: Πυθαγόρας), was a mercenary Greek admiral hired to command the first fleet of Cyrus the Younger...
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Pythagoras Papastamatiou (Greek: Πυθαγόρας Παπασταματίου, 12 April 1930 – 12 November 1979), mainly known by the mononym Pythagoras, was a Greek lyricist...
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mathematics, the Pythagoras number or reduced height of a field describes the structure of the set of squares in the field. The Pythagoras number p(K) of...
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Pythagoras of Samos or Pythagoras of Rhegion (Ancient Greek: Πυθαγόρας, fl. 5th century BC) was an Ancient Greek sculptor from Samos. Pliny the Elder...
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Pythagoras of Samos (Greek: Πυθαγόρας ο Σάμιος), as a youth, won the men’s boxing event at the ancient Olympic Games. During the 48th Olympiad, Pythagoras...
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The School of Pythagoras is the oldest building in St John's College, Cambridge, and the oldest secular building in Cambridge, England. It is a Grade I...
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The Pythagoras tree is a plane fractal constructed from squares. Invented by the Dutch mathematics teacher Albert E. Bosman in 1942, it is named after...
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The Pythagoras Award, or The Pythagoras Prize, or The Pitagor Prize (named after Pythagoras - a Greek philosopher, mathematician and scientist, Bulgarian:...
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Pythagoras of Laconia was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 16th Olympiad (716 BC). He was...
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Golden Verses (redirect from Golden Verses of Pseudo-Pythagoras)
Verses Of Pythagoras And Other Pythagorean Fragments. Theosophical Publishing House. Joost-Gaugier, Christiane L. (2007). Measuring Heaven: Pythagoras and his...
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The lute of Pythagoras is a self-similar geometric figure made from a sequence of pentagrams. The lute may be drawn from a sequence of pentagrams. The...
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Pythagoras tree may refer to: Tree of primitive Pythagorean triples Pythagoras tree (fractal) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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PythagoraSwitch (redirect from Pythagoras switch)
PythagoraSwitch (ピタゴラスイッチ, Pitagora Suitchi) is a 15-minute Japanese educational television program that has been aired by NHK since April 9, 2002. It...
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Pythagoras was one of many Greek philosophers. He lived his life on the island Samos and is known for his contributions to mathematics. Pythagoras taught...
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Pythagoras Peak is the highest peak, 1,275 m, in the central Tula Mountains, standing along the north side of Beaver Glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km)...
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Pythagorean hammers (redirect from Pythagoras and the smithy)
According to legend, Pythagoras discovered the foundations of musical tuning by listening to the sounds of four blacksmith's hammers, which produced consonance...
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Square root of 2 (redirect from Pythagoras' constant)
practice. The square root of two is occasionally called Pythagoras's number or Pythagoras's constant. In ancient Roman architecture, Vitruvius describes...
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The Cave of Pythagoras (Greek: Σπηλιά του Πυθαγόρα, romanized: Spiliá tou Pythagóra) or Pythagoras' Cave (Greek: Σπηλιά Πυθαγόρα, romanized: Spiliá Pythagóra)...
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1986) is a British film, stage and television actor, known for portraying Pythagoras in the BBC One fantasy-adventure series Atlantis, and Leonid Toptunov...
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Pythagorean comma (redirect from Comma of Pythagoras)
ditonic comma), named after the ancient mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras, is the small interval (or comma) existing in Pythagorean tuning between...
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Multiplication table (redirect from Table of Pythagoras)
attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras (570–495 BC). It is also called the Table of Pythagoras in many languages (for example French, Italian...
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Pythagoras Mechanical Workshop Museum (Swedish: Pythagoras industrimuseum) is located in the premises of the earlier engine factory Pythagoras at the town...
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Kātyāyana Khayyám Klein Lobachevsky Manava Minkowski Minggatu Pascal Pythagoras Parameshvara Poincaré Riemann Sakabe Sijzi al-Tusi Veblen Virasena Yang...
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