It seems humanity has been giving the wrong person credit for triangles and such…
http://newatlas.com/ancient-babylonian-tablet-trigonometry-table/51055/
stan101 said:
It seems humanity has been giving the wrong person credit for triangles and such…http://newatlas.com/ancient-babylonian-tablet-trigonometry-table/51055/
Did Pythagoras do anything with spherical geometry?
I’ve wondered about how he might have reacted if presented with a triangle that has three 90 deg angles.
mcgoon said:
stan101 said:
It seems humanity has been giving the wrong person credit for triangles and such…http://newatlas.com/ancient-babylonian-tablet-trigonometry-table/51055/
Did Pythagoras do anything with spherical geometry?
I’ve wondered about how he might have reacted if presented with a triangle that has three 90 deg angles.
Nah, non Euclidian geomentry didn’t kick off unti sometime in the 1800s.
mcgoon said:
stan101 said:
It seems humanity has been giving the wrong person credit for triangles and such…http://newatlas.com/ancient-babylonian-tablet-trigonometry-table/51055/
Did Pythagoras do anything with spherical geometry?
I’ve wondered about how he might have reacted if presented with a triangle that has three 90 deg angles.
Τι είναι αυτό το σκατά
hehehehe
>>>and it’s more accurate than our techniques today.
Are they going to revise today’s techniques then?
Tau.Neutrino said:
>>>and it’s more accurate than our techniques today.Are they going to revise today’s techniques then?
More lost mathematics discovered ?
ChrispenEvan said:
mcgoon said:
stan101 said:
It seems humanity has been giving the wrong person credit for triangles and such…http://newatlas.com/ancient-babylonian-tablet-trigonometry-table/51055/
Did Pythagoras do anything with spherical geometry?
I’ve wondered about how he might have reacted if presented with a triangle that has three 90 deg angles.
Τι είναι αυτό το σκατά
Good evening to you, too. And, if you’re going to display your ignorance and/or your lack of manners in that fashion, good night to you, also.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:>>>and it’s more accurate than our techniques today.Are they going to revise today’s techniques then?
More lost mathematics discovered ?
No. We went through all this this morning. It’s media hype mixed with some bullshit.
sibeen said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:>>>and it’s more accurate than our techniques today.Are they going to revise today’s techniques then?
More lost mathematics discovered ?
No. We went through all this this morning. It’s media hype mixed with some bullshit.
Are you sure?
I thought it was media bullshit, mixed with some hype.
Anyway, I don’t think Pythagoras gives one whit.
roughbarked said:
Anyway, I don’t think Pythagoras gives one whit.
That of course, is a whitty rejoinder.
I never like him, he seemed shifty.
I’m glad that he’s been exposed for the charlatan that he was and that he rots in hell for eternity.
Peak Warming Man said:
I never like him, he seemed shifty.
I’m glad that he’s been exposed for the charlatan that he was and that he rots in hell for eternity.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts?
Tamb said:
Peak Warming Man said:
I never like him, he seemed shifty.
I’m glad that he’s been exposed for the charlatan that he was and that he rots in hell for eternity.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts?
Glad you left out the Gods bit.
roughbarked said:
Tamb said:
Peak Warming Man said:
I never like him, he seemed shifty.
I’m glad that he’s been exposed for the charlatan that he was and that he rots in hell for eternity.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts?
Glad you left out the Gods bit.
Vindictive lot they were.