Pythagoras
582 - 520 B.C.
“All is number”
Early Life
 Born
in Samos, Greece
 Born circa 582 B.C.
 Was taught about early lonian
philosophers Thales, Anaximander,
and Anaximenes.
 Was drawn away because of his
disgust for tyranny of Polycrates.
Pythagoreanism
 Pythagoras
founded his own cult
 The people were called Pythagoreans
 It was based on religious, political, and
philosophical beliefs.
 They believed in reincarnation: Pythagoras
thought himself to have been a Trojan warrior
in a past life
 The people attributed to his discoveries
Discoveries
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Discovered the existence of irrational numbers.
The Pythagorean Theorem (a² + b² = c²)
He was the first to distinguish between prime and
composite.
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Discovered ideas in music and astronomy.
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d² = h² + a² + b²
Death
 Died
520 B.C.
 No information is known on how he died
Bibliography
“Pythagoras.” Encarta Encyclopedia. 1997 (Cd-Rom)
 “Pythagoras.” http://www.groups.dcs.stand.ac.uk/~history/mathmaticians/pythagoras.html
 “Pythagoras.”http://www.windows.ivv.nasa.gov/people/
ancient-epoch/pythagoras.html
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