How Did Pythagoras Influence Your Life
Dear 7th grade math student,
I am writing this letter to you to explain who Pythagoras was and how his mathematical findings influence your life. Pythagoras was born about 569 B.C. in Samos, Ionia to his parents Mnesarches and Phthais (“Pythagoras of Samos”). It is believed that Pythagoras had two brothers, however some accounts say he had three (“Pythagoras of Samos”). Pythagoras was a very well educated man. Through his childhood, he learned to play the lyre and was taught many things by the three philosophers Pherekydes, Thates, and Anaximander (“Pythagoras of Samos”), who would greatly influence Pythagoras throughout his life. Later in his life, Pythagoras moved to Egypt in 535 B.C. to study with the priests that lived there (“Biography …show more content…
In the year 520 B.C., Pythagoras was able to return to his hometown of Samos, where he started a school (“Biography of Pythagoras”). However, in 508 B.C. a noble named Cylon, out of fear banished Pythagoras out of Samos (“Pythagoras of Samos”). Pythagoras then settled in Crotona in 518 B.C. and started another school called the Semicircle (“Biography of Pythagoras”). This school focused on mathematics and religion, and was split into two groups, the mathemotikoi, or the learners, and the akousmatikoi, or the listeners (“Pythagoras - Greek Mathematics - The Story of Mathematics."). While little of Pythagoras’ work is known, he is credited for creating the Pythagorean Theorem, music intervals, and the knowledge that every triangle is equal to 180 degrees (“Pythagoras - Greek Mathematics - …show more content…
In this diagram it shows the offense player, or B, running to try and score a touchdown, while the defense player, or W, runs after him. Now the defense player can use the same path that the offense player did, or he can go diagonally and create a quicker path to the offense player. By imagining the paths in a form of a triangle and figuring out the length of the hypotenuse or the diagonal path, the defense player can judge the amount of speed needed to reach the offense player. Now for those who have no idea about anything related to football, here is another example of Pythagorean Theorem used in the real
I am writing this letter to you to explain who Pythagoras was and how his mathematical findings influence your life. Pythagoras was born about 569 B.C. in Samos, Ionia to his parents Mnesarches and Phthais (“Pythagoras of Samos”). It is believed that Pythagoras had two brothers, however some accounts say he had three (“Pythagoras of Samos”). Pythagoras was a very well educated man. Through his childhood, he learned to play the lyre and was taught many things by the three philosophers Pherekydes, Thates, and Anaximander (“Pythagoras of Samos”), who would greatly influence Pythagoras throughout his life. Later in his life, Pythagoras moved to Egypt in 535 B.C. to study with the priests that lived there (“Biography …show more content…
In the year 520 B.C., Pythagoras was able to return to his hometown of Samos, where he started a school (“Biography of Pythagoras”). However, in 508 B.C. a noble named Cylon, out of fear banished Pythagoras out of Samos (“Pythagoras of Samos”). Pythagoras then settled in Crotona in 518 B.C. and started another school called the Semicircle (“Biography of Pythagoras”). This school focused on mathematics and religion, and was split into two groups, the mathemotikoi, or the learners, and the akousmatikoi, or the listeners (“Pythagoras - Greek Mathematics - The Story of Mathematics."). While little of Pythagoras’ work is known, he is credited for creating the Pythagorean Theorem, music intervals, and the knowledge that every triangle is equal to 180 degrees (“Pythagoras - Greek Mathematics - …show more content…
In this diagram it shows the offense player, or B, running to try and score a touchdown, while the defense player, or W, runs after him. Now the defense player can use the same path that the offense player did, or he can go diagonally and create a quicker path to the offense player. By imagining the paths in a form of a triangle and figuring out the length of the hypotenuse or the diagonal path, the defense player can judge the amount of speed needed to reach the offense player. Now for those who have no idea about anything related to football, here is another example of Pythagorean Theorem used in the real