Essays Tagged: "greek mathematician"
Zeno of Elea
History of MathZeno of EleaZeno of Elea is a Greek mathematician. He would, however, be better described as aphilosopher. Little is known about h ... comes from the writings of Aristotle. Zeno is said to have lived duringthe fifth century BC in the Greek town of Elea in southern Italy. Zeno is important to the study ofMath History because of his m ... circulating through the region concerning whatwe today would call a timespace continuum. The other Greek philosophers and mathematiciansthought that the world was a plurality of points and instants.1 ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics
Euclidean Geometry
t had many good pointsEUCLIDEAN GEOMETRYGeometry was thoroughly organized in about 300 BC, when the Greekmathematician Euclid gathered what was known at the time, added original work of hisown, and ar ... a complicated world.Geometry in ancient times was recognized as part of everyone's education. EarlyGreek philosophers asked that no one come to their schools who had not learned the'Elements' of Eucl ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics
Greece and all about thier life styles.
The ancient Greeks gave many contributions to the western civilization. They gave the Pythagorean Theory, Hippoc ... s formula is used to calculate the relationship between the sides of a right triangle. Euclid was a Greek mathematician and is often called the father of geometry. He put together, scientifically arra ... lity and judgment but never with a view to injury and wrong", and to protect privacy of patients. A Greek physician, Hippocrates, created this oath. He studied the cause of illnesses and found the cur ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Explains history and simple properties of Density. Relates to a science project on why some crayons float and some sink using the scientific method.
Ever since Archimedes, a Greek mathematician, inventor and physicist who lived from 287 - 212 B.C., exploded out of his batht ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Physics
Euclid: The Math Wiz
Euclid, a Greek Mathematician, is one of the most significant and finest read mathematician of all time. His p ... work in the field, he is identified as the father of geometry and is thought to be one of greatest Greek mathematicians.Very little is known about the life of Euclid. Both the dates and locations of ... icularly his work of genius called, Elements. This 13 volume series is a compilation of books about Greek mathematics and geometry. It is not known how much, if any, of the work incorporated in Elemen ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Biography on the life and achievements of Euclid
EuclidEuclid, an ancient Greek mathematician, once said to a king, "There's no royal road to geometry." By that he meant that ... ne of these days.One of Euclid's most famous books he wrote was called "Elements." It is the oldest Greek mathematical work to survive. It was translated, edited, and studied more than any other book, ... e and ten, in whole or part, to the theory of numbers. The book "Elements" was the most influential Greek mathematical work ever. It was used as a standard high school textbook unit the last century. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies
Robotics Assessment
that resemble characteristics of robots in the modern world were first thought of in about 450BC. A Greek mathematician by the name of Archytas thought of "The Pigeon", a bird powered by steam. Since ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence
Archimedes
ArchimedesArchimedes was a Greek mathematician and inventor. He lived from 287-212 BC in Syracuse, Sicily. He was responsible f ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Euclidian
Euclid was a Greek mathematician, who is often referred to as the father often geometry. He compiled, systematica ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics
Galielo
he field of mathematics where he thought he could improve on the theorems of levers proposed by the Greek mathematician Archimedes. Growing up with curiosity and determination integrated in his mind, ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Galileo
he field of mathematics where he thought he could improve on the theorems of levers proposed by the Greek mathematician Archimedes. Growing up with curiosity and determination integrated in his mind, ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Explore the question "what is psychology?" Provide clear definitions and explanations that demonstrate your knowledge of it's historical development then conclude with a definition.
niverse could be explained with a single central principle such as water or fire (4), Pythagoras, a Greek mathematician (whom, aside from Pythagorean theorem, contributed much to mathematics and philo ... ld (including the soul) was made up of many tiny material particles, also strongly influenced early Greek thinkers (4).René Descartes was a French philosopher and mathematician born in March of ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology