trigonometry. According to Theon of Alexandria‚ who worked in Alexandria as a teacher of mathematics and astronomy‚ Hipparchus wrote a treatise in twelve books on chords in a circle‚ which has been lost (Sarton 286) . It is believed that this treatise contained some general trigonometric theory together with some tables. Hipparchus is believed to be the first person to determine exactly the times of the rising and setting of the zodiacal signs. Pappus of Alexandria‚ who was a teacher of mathema tics
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to school. Archimedes father was an astronomer and the family was related to the king of Syracuse. His family had money so they were able to afford to send him to school. When he became a teenager‚ he studied in Alexandria‚ Egypt in school that was run by students of Euclid. Euclid was known as the father of geometry which helped Archimedes learn about how to calculate angles for his inventions. There is not a
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Archimedes remained in Syracuse for most of his life except when he went to school in Alexandria. Since Greeks loved to learn and be full of knowledge they would send their sons to schools to become wise Greek citizens. Archimedes had one of the best educations as a boy. When he was in his teens Archimedes traveled to Alexandria and went to one of the most famous schools of mathematics that had been founded by Euclid. There he studied astronomy‚ geometry‚ algebra‚ trigonometry‚ astrology‚ geography
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The Influences of Rational Thought on Western Civilization The Greek’s notion of rational thought is a very strong reason why Western Civilization has become so influential in the world today. During their time‚ the Greeks spurred an intellectual revolution. They questioned the meanings of life and began using their minds to expand the world. According to Glenn Blackburn: "In many ways‚ they "discovered" the human "mind" through their philosophy and rational thought [ . . . ]"(64). Their "opening"
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Education is not all about studying and getting good marks. It is really a means to discover new things which we don’t know about and increase our knowledge. An educated person has the ability to differentiate between right and wrong or good and evil. It is the foremost responsibility of a society to educate its citizens. Focus should be on women’s education because the knowledge and empowerment of one woman can bring about a change in a family and even the society as a whole. It is the uneducated
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with Newton and Gauss? Archimedes was born 287 BC in Syracuse‚ Sicily‚ which was a Greek City at the time. No one knows his last name or much about his family life because there are no official records. He was educated by a man named Euclid in a school located in Alexandria‚ Egypt. Archimedes lived in a Greek society that turned away from Greek “gods”and realized that their myths could all be explained by science. As a result‚ the Greeks were the first people to do science. The sciences included the
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The School of Athens The School of Athens is one of the most celebrated pieces of artwork from the age of the Renaissance. Painted by Raphael of Urbino from 1510 to 1512‚ the School of Athens is located in the Stanza della Segnatura at the Vatican Palace in Rome. The fresco was painted in the High Renaissance of Humanism and is the ideal embodiment of the classical spirit. Raphael of Urbino‚ or Raffaello Sanzio as he was known in his day‚ was born in 1483 in Urbino‚ Italy. His father was Giovanni
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wanted children to be knowledgeable‚ knowledge at that time was very important and a powerful tool to poses. While seeking out knowledge‚ and educational pursuits‚ Archimedes received his formal schooling in Alexandria‚ Egypt at the Euclid school of Mathematics. While attending school in Alexandria‚ Archimedes became friends with Conon of Samos‚ a young mathematician whom Archimedes admired and became close friends with. Mathematical discoveries Archimedes achieved‚ were discussed at length with his
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In the Third Century B.C.E.‚ Euclid formalized‚ in his book Elements‚ the fundamentals of arithmetic‚ as well as showing his lemma‚ which he used to prove the Fundamental theorem of arithmetic. Euclid’s Elements also contained a study of Perfect numbers in the 36th proposition of Book IX. Diophantus of Alexandria wrote Arithmetica‚ containing 130 equations and treating the essence of problems having only one solution‚ fraction or integer. Congruence relation Modular arithmetic can be handled mathematically
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concepts. Some notable mathematicians include Archimedes of Syracuse‚ Leonhard Paul Euler‚ Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss‚ Johann Bernoulli‚ Jacob Bernoulli‚ Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī‚ Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann‚ Gottfried Leibniz‚ Euclid of Alexandria‚ Jules Henri Poincaré‚ Srinivasa Ramanujan‚ Alexander Grothendieck‚ David Hilbert‚ Joseph-Louis Lagrange‚ Georg Cantor‚ Évariste Galois‚ and Pierre de Fermat. Some scientists who research other fields are also considered mathematicians if
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