ZerushtoScience@lemmy.ml·5 months agocross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldPythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras(www.iflscience.com)external-linkarrow-up1695arrow-down14message-square85fedilink
arrow-up1691arrow-down1external-linkPythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras(www.iflscience.com)ZerushtoScience@lemmy.ml·5 months agocross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldmessage-square85fedilink
minus-squarekromemEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down0·5 months agoedit-25 months agolinkfedilinkIt was most of the Greeks. We credit Democritus with atomism even though the Greeks said it came from an earlier Phoenician, Mochus of Sidon. Even Democritus’s teacher doesn’t get credit. Democritus wrote it down in a way that survived. That’s it.
It was most of the Greeks. We credit Democritus with atomism even though the Greeks said it came from an earlier Phoenician, Mochus of Sidon. Even Democritus’s teacher doesn’t get credit.
Democritus wrote it down in a way that survived.
That’s it.