HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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Which Greek scientist had a geometry theorem named after him and attempted to understand the world through mathematical reasoning?
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Euclid
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Archimedes
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Hippocrates
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Pythagoras
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The theorem is named for the Greek philosopher Pythagoras, born around 570 BC. The theorem has been proved numerous times by many different methods – possibly the most for any mathematical theorem.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pythagoras was a teacher and a philosopher. Pythagoras found out that for a right angle triangle (with one of the angles being 90o), the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides: a2+b2=c2.
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