Pythagoras
What is his most famous theorem called and what does it state?
Pythagorean Theorem and a2+b2=c2
How did she die?
She was murdered by a mob of Christian men who disagreed with her beliefs and ideology and so threw at her roofing tiles
What does his name mean?
Good Glory
Which two theories did he explore?
Game Theory and Probability Theory
Who was he?
One of the most famous mathematicians and inventors in Ancient Greece
What was his nationality and career?
Greek Philosopher
What were her three professions?
She was an astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher.
What was his treatise called?
The Elements
In which city was he born?
Clermont-Ferrand
Name one of his discoveries
Archimedes’ screw and Archimedes’ iron claw are two viable answers
In what fields did he make important developments?
Mathematics, astronomy, and the theory of music
What was her philosophy/movement/style?
Neoplatonism
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What is theology?
The study of religious faith, practice, and experience
Where was he born and where did he die?
Hint: They’re the same place.
The Greek city-state of Syracuse, Sicily
What did his most important discovery prove?
The existence of irrational numbers
State her date of birth and death.
Born in 355 CE in Alexandria, Egypt. Died in March of 415 in Alexandria, Egypt.
Who ruled Alexandria during his era?
Ptolemy 1
What was his first mathematical discovery and how old was he when he discovered this?
He wrote a one page essay on Conics and was 16 years old
What was the purpose of Archimedes’ screw and one example of how it worked?
It was a device used to raise water out of an area like the hold of a ship. There are multiple answers, one that we mentioned was the variation which consisted of a helix enclosed by a circular pump angled at 45 degrees with it’s lower end dipped into the water. 🚿
What was his date of birth and death?
570 BCE - 500/490 BCE
Who was her father and what was he known for?
Hypatia’s father was known as Theon of Alexandria, a mathematician and astronomer, the first person to create a system for mathematical notation, and best remembered for his contributions to the preservation if Euclid’s Elements, he also wrote many works.
Note: The answer only needs to include his name and at least one of his contributions/discoveries.
What is one of the things that we talked about, which he introduced in his treatise?
Notions of GCD
Who asked him a series of probability questions which then led to him laying the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities?
Antoine Gombaud, the self-styled Chevalier de Méré
During the Second Punic War in 214 BCE, how many quinqueremes did the Roman Republic and Marcus C. Marcellus use to attack Syracuse?
60 quinqueremes