Pythagoras of Samos

Pythagoras of Samos is often described as the first pure mathematician. He is an extremely important figure in the development of mathematics yet we know relatively little about his mathematical achievements. Unlike many later Greek mathematicians, where at least we have some of the books which they wrote, we have nothing of Pythagoras’s writings. The … Read more

Pythagoras of Samos

Pythagoras of Samos is often described as the first pure mathematician. He is an extremely important figure in the development of mathematics yet we know relatively little about his mathematical achievements. Unlike many later Greek mathematicians, where at least we have some of the books which they wrote, we have nothing of Pythagoras’s writings. The … Read more

Zeno of Elea, his paradoxes and concepts of infinity

Pythagorean school Pythagoras founded a brotherhood of a religious, philosophical, and scientific nature with a political bias. The works, usually attributed to Pythagoras, refer not only to the legendary Pythagoras, but in general to the works of this school between 585 and 400 BC. In his cosmological concept, Pythagoras rejected the monistic idea of ​​the … Read more