Over 2,000 years ago Eratosthenes, the ancient Greek scholar, measured the Earth's circumference with just a stick, sunlight and simple math

Ancient Greek scholar Eratosthenes calculated Earth's circumference using sunlight and geometry. He observed shadows in Syene ...
Greek Reporter

The Ancient Greek Mathematician Who Was Killed for Revealing a Dangerous Truth

An Ancient Greek mathematician, Hippasus, allegedly lost his life after revealing irrational numbers that challenged ...
Inverse

How one Ancient Greek thinker revolutionized math — and possibly started a cult

Most people don’t remember math class, but they do remember Pythagoras. Greek philosopher and mathematician, he is credited with one of the handiest formulae any school student could know: A squared ...

More than 2,200 years ago, an ancient Greek scholar calculated the Earth's circumference with a stick and the sun

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Phys.org

Scientists review Arabic manuscript containing lost works of Apollonius and shed light on Islamic scientific tradition

Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient world as "The Great Geometer," have survived in an Arabic manuscript kept ...
Popular Mechanics

Mathematicians Found a Way to Simplify an Ancient Greek Geometry Problem

Computers are working to solve an age-old geometry problem. Humans can’t “square the circle” by hand, which was proven in the 1800s. Computer solutions involve infinity, complexity, and some ...