Sentences with phrase «ancient greek mathematicians»

Ancient Greek mathematicians and astronomers were using geometry around the same time, but only to make calculations involving real, 3D space, such as using circles torepresent the orbits of planets around Earth.

Ancient as in ancient greek mathematicians wondered if you could make a square and a circle both covering an equally large area with nothin but a straight edge and a compass.

There is much cheesy lore about the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes of Syracuse: that he popularized the word «eureka»; that he used mirrors to set Roman ships on fire; that a Roman soldier killed him in 212 B.C. while he was tracing diagrams in the sand.

Over the past six years, Lee has examined changes in diagrams used in Elements, a collection of 13 books on mathematical and geometric concepts attributed to Euclid, the ancient Greek mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, around 300 BCE.

It seems counterintuitive to step away from our work in order to improve focus and productivity, but consider the tale of Archimedes, the ancient Greek mathematician and physicist tasked with finding a way to measure density.

Though the numerical ascriptions of ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras serve as the jumping off point for this exhibition, the only number you really need to know is five, namely the handful of excellent artists participating, which include Anoka Faruquee, On Kawara, Luisa Lambri, Olivier Masset, and Heimo Zobernig.

Not exact matches

Democritus, the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician, envisioned structure in the building blocks of everything and he called the basis for this structure an atom; he wrote, «nothing exists except atoms and empty space: everything else is opinion.»

Medieval Muslim mathematicians mastered and improved ancient Greek geometry.

It's under debate whether the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician Phythagoras banned the use of all animal products or whether he was okay with using oxen to plow fields.