scientists
Created a system to explain how the planets and stars move.
Hipparchus
mathematician who presented the first known heliocentric model.
Aristarchus of Samos
What Greek invention was used to heat temples in the winter?
Central heating
What Greek mathematician discovered a theorem to find the sides of a right triangle?
Pythagoras
the greatest mathematician and astronomer of her time
hypatia
earliest of the ten Attic orators, and an important figure in fifth-century Athenian political and intellectual life.
antiphon
What Greek scientist classified animals according to their characteristics?
Aristotle
What famous textbook on geometry did the Greek Mathematician Euclid write?
Elements
Figured out that the earth is round.
Eratosthenes
Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the ancient city of Syracuse.
Archimedes
What Greek invention was used to grind grain into flour?
Watermill
Did the Greeks know algebra?
Yes the Greeks created a geometric algebra
Wrote a book that organized information about geometry.
Euclid
Greek scholar and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt.
Theon of Alexandria
What Greek invention was used to move water up a hill?
Archimedes screw
Was there a Greek god of math?
yes
First to establish the principles of geometry.
Pythagoras
Considered the father of geometry, he is chiefly known for the Elements treatise
Euclid
wrote a book that is still used as the basis for the study of plane geometry.
Euclid
What type of math did the Greeks use?
geometry