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PYTHAGORAS
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Philosopher who studied Mathematics.
Lived during 580 – 500B.C.
He is famous because of the theorem named after him.
PYTHAGORAS
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THALES
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Greek philosopher who studied Mathematics.
Measured the height of a pyramid using similarity.
Predicted the date of an eclipse of the sun.
Lived during 640 – 546 B.C.
THALES
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ARISTOTLE
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Greek philosopher who studied Mathematics and was a student of Plato.
His works contain the earliest known formal study of logic, especially deduction.
His views about physical subjects lasted until Isaac Newton’s time.
Lived during 384 – 322 B.C.
ARISTOTLE
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EUCLID
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Greek Mathematician lived in Alexandria.
Famous for geometry.Born in 300 B.C.Wrote 13 volumes on geometry.
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ARCHIMEDES
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Famous Greek physicist and mathematician.
Lived during 287 – 212 B.C. Made discoveries in geometry,
hydro statistics and mechanics.
Invented the principle of lever and gave the concept of density.
ARCHIMEDES