Thales

History of Geometry

By JLLeagueS
  • 325

    Euclid of Alexandra 325-265 B.C.

    Euclid of Alexandra 325-265 B.C.
    Best know for his 13 book treatise "The Elements" collecting the theorems of Phythagoras, Hippocrates, Theaetetus, Eudoxus and other predecessors into a logically connected whole.
  • 427

    Plato 427-347 B.C.

    Plato 427-347 B.C.
    He develop a theory of forms, in his book "Phaedo", which considers mathematical objects as perfect forms (such as a line having but no breadth).
  • 470

    Hippocrates of Chios 470-410 B.C.

    Hippocrates of Chios 470-410 B.C.
    He wrote the first "Elements of Geometry" which Euclid may haved used as a model for his own Books I and II more than a hundred years.
  • Jul 23, 624

    Thales Of Miletus 624-547 B.C.

    Thales Of Miletus 624-547 B.C.
    He brought the science of geometry from Egypt to Greece. Discovery of 5 facts of elementary geometry (including that an angel in a semi-circle is a right angle).

  • Contributions

    They made geometry understandable to people and they made our life easier to learn geometry.

  • Mrs. Lumbre and I

    Mrs. Lumbre teaches us geometry the way the 6 mathematicians made how geometry works in our life.

  • Pythagoras of Samos 569-475 B.C.

    Pythagoras of Samos 569-475 B.C.
    He is credited with proving many theorems such as the angles of a triangle summing to 180 degrees, and the infamous "Pythagorean Theorem" for a right angled triangle.

  • Archimedes of Syracuse 287-212 B.C.

    Archimedes of Syracuse 287-212 B.C.
    He is the greatest Greek mathematician and an inventor of many mechanical devices like screw, pully and lever. He is know as the "Father of Mechanics".