ANCIENTMATHEMATICIANS
PYTHAGORAS
PYTHAGORASPhilosopher who studied Mathematics.Lived during 580 – 500B.C.He is famous because of the theorem named after him.
THALES
THALESGreek philosopher who studied Mathematics.Measured the height of a pyramid using similarity.Predicted the date of an eclipse of the sun.Lived during 640 – 546 B.C.
ARISTOTLE
ARISTOTLEGreek philosopher who studied Mathematics and was a student of Plato.His works contain the earliest known formal study of logic, especially deduction.His views about physical subjects lasted until Isaac Newton’s time.Lived during 384 – 322 B.C.
EUCLID
EUCLIDGreek Mathematician lived in Alexandria.Famous for geometry.Born in 300 B.C.Wrote 13 volumes on geometry.
ARCHIMEDES
ARCHIMEDESFamous Greek physicist and mathematician.Lived during 287 – 212 B.C.Made discoveries in geometry, hydro statistics and mechanics.Invented the principle of lever and gave the concept of density.

Ancient Mathematicians