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Pythagoras was wrong. We don’t only like Western musical harmonies — there’s more to explore
Music is a pretty strange thing when you think about it. Sure, on one hand, there’s an endless space of creativity and a ...
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Pythagoras and the holy dip
A theorem attributed to Greek philosopher and polymath Pythagoras posits that the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal in area to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.
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The Pythagorean Theorem Is Actually 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras
The tablet, likely used for teaching, dates to the Old Babylonian period between 1900-1600 BCE – centuries before Pythagoras ...
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Pythagoras' theorem - Part 2
An understanding of how to use Pythagoras’ theorem to find missing sides in a right-angled triangle is essential for applying the theorem in different contexts. (3,1) is the coordinate that is 3 ...