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Thales Born: about 624 BC in Miletus, Asia Minor. Died: about 547 BC in Miletus Thales seems to be the first known Greek philosopher, scientist and mathematician although his occupation was that of an engineer. However, none of his writing survives so it is difficult to determine his views or to be certain about his mathematical discoveries.
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[DOC File]MATHEMATICS AND THE HISTORY OF RELIGION
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The first noted Greek mathematicians and philoshophers were Thales (625 B.C.-547 B.C.) and Pythagoras (570 B.C.-500 B.C.).The words Philoshophy and Mathematics . were first introduced by Pythagoras who taught that “everything is a number”. Followed by Plato (427-347 B.C.) and Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), founder of logic among others.
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[DOC File]Quotations by Thales of Miletus
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The task of a mathematician is to find the unknown quantity, it's particular value. This value transcends the actual knowledge of the mathematician. The process of solving the problem is an activity, the purpose of which it is to find this particular value, that is the value, which transcends the known. ...
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[DOC File]THE MATHEMATICS OF THE GREEKS
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The Greek mathematician Thales found a way to use similar triangles to estimate the height of a pyramid in Egypt by placing a rod at the tip of the pyramid's shadow. You decide to use the same method to find the height of a building. You will be painting the building and need to estimate the amount of paint needed for the project.
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[DOC File]THALES OF MILETUS - WPI
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Little is known of Thales. He was born about 624 BC in Miletus, Asia Minor (now Turkey) and died about 546 BC in Miletos, Turkey . Some impression and highlights of his life and work follow: Thales of Miletus was the first known Greek philosopher, scientist and mathematician.
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[DOC File]Thales
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Thales worked as an engineer, and was responsible for moving Croesus’ army across the Halys River. But at the time the roles of mathematician, engineer and philosopher were nearly interchangeable. He is considered one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece as well as one of the Seven Wise Men of Antiquity.
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Thales himself admits that he travelled to Egypt to be tutored in philosophy. ... The term 'philosophy' was coined by a philosopher-mathematician known as Pythagoras. He form the term from two ...
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