The Ancient Greeks laid foundations for the Western civilizations in the fields of math and science. Euclid, a Greek mathematician known as the “Father of Geometry,” is arguably the most prominent mind of the Greco-Roman time, best known for his composition in the area of geometry, the Elements. (Document 5) To this day, Euclid’s work is still taught in schools worldwide.
Pericles (495 BC-429 BC) was an Athenian statesman and strategos during the “Golden Age” of Athens. His father Xanthippus fought in the Persian wars and his mother Agariste belonged to the powerful Alcmaeonid family, so he was brought up with considerable wealth and power. Pericles placed much value into philosophy and the arts as a result and was even personal friends with famous philosophers such as Anaxagoras and Zeno.
He found the first “reliable figure” for π(pi) (Source A). In ancient Greece, the crude number system was very inefficient, and Archimedes made it easier to understand and count to higher numbers (Source B). Finally, he used the first known form of calculus while studying curved surfaces under Euclid, not to be later worked on for 2,000 years by Isaac Newton (Source A).
Some of these things are geometry, trigonometry, and the Thales intercept theorem. Trigonometry was invented by Hipparchus, geometry was invented by Euclid, and the inventor of the intercept theorem was obviously Thales. They did even more than this by improving methods in math. They also made one of the most important numbers in the world! This was known as pi, the 16th letter in the Greek alphabet.
Ben Moulton Prof. Harnett ESS 102 A 2 May 2016 The Hephaestus XV May 24, 2043 “Huston this is Hephaestus XV, do you copy?
Euclid Euclid was born mid-4th century BC and died mid-3rd century
The Goddess Hephaestus means “God of fire" or "god of volcanoes" He creates tools and weapons for other Greek gods. This Greek god is also known as the roman god Vulcan. Hephaestus is one of the brothers of Zeus. He was the husband of Aphrodite.(”Hephaestus.
The period between 500 B.C.E to 338 B.C.E is referred to as “Classical Greece” due to the many achievements taken place, as well as the blossoming democracy in Athens, under the leadership of Pericles. One of the major confrontations during this period was between the Greek states and the Persian Empire. By the beginning of the 5th century BCE, Persia conquered Ionia, Thrace, and Macedonia while under the rule of Darius, and continued to expand his empire westward into mainland Europe.
Isaac Newton. Hipparchus was of Nicaea, Bithynia he was recognized as the first mathematician to have possessed the trig metric table, which he needed when computing the eccentricity if the orbits of the moon and sun. The next mathematician Aryabhata was the first
In Rome there was a land called Iustitia ruled by Saevus Hostilius the Second, an evil, brutal king who ruled with tyranny and terror. On August 13 Hostilius was executing a villager for stealing a slice of bread. The king was twisted, and downright nasty. He became like that because of his uncle’s wishes for the throne. As Saevus’ father was king of the land.
He was a Swiss mathematician and physicist who accomplished many things during his lifetime. One famous accomplishment many know him for was the separation of calculus from geometry. Other accomplishments were developing the theory of trigonometric/ logarithmic functions, finding imaginary logarithms of negative numbers, the law of quadratic reciprocity which then became an essential part of modern theory and showing each complex number has an infinite number of logarithms. He also released hundreds of articles and other publications during his life. Euler was one of the founders of pure mathematics.
For my planet, I am going to the moon, Eurpoa. It is one of Jupiter's 4 largest moons and is the smallest of the four. It is also the 6th largest moon in the solar system. This moon is 390.4 million miles away from earth. Eurpoa's surface is made up of a think layer of ice (10-30 km/6-19 mi).
Thales is known as Thales of Miletus, who was born in about 624 BC in the wealthiest and most powerful city – Miletus in ancient Greek. His parents were Examyas and Cleobulina – both of them were Phoenician. He was a first an engineer, but then after visiting Babylon and Egypt which were popular in astronomy and mathematics, he changed his major and became first scientist in ancient Greek. He was an early Pre-Socratic philosopher, mathematician and astronomer in Miletus. He also was the one of the Seven Sages of Greece – a group of 6th -7th century BC and was the first philosopher in Western region.
Archimedes is known for his prestigious works in geometry and science, as well as for his many inventions and innovations in his time. Historians project his birth date to be around 287 BC, and the whereabouts of his birth to be in Syracuse, Sicily (Rorres 15). Syracuse, at the time, being an independent Greek city-state. Growing up, Archimedes was very bright and somewhat gifted with an intellect from before his time. His father Pheidias, a greek astronomer, is also known for is intellect and thought to have been the one to get Archimedes started with his search for knowledge.
Pilobolus, which is also known as the hat-thrower fungus, is a fungus that belongs in the group of Zygomycota. Pilobolus is known for its rapid spore dispersal and an interesting life cycle. It initiates with a black sporangium, which is launched onto a plant substrate Animals that feed on plant substrates such as horses unknowingly, consume the sporangium along with the substrate. The Pilobolus sporangium has to pass through the gastrointestinal track of grazing animals from which comes out without germinating as part of the excrement. Once they leave the host, spores that are found inside the sporangium germinate and grow within the excrement.
