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The Tunnel of Samos
02-03-2019, 07:09 PM
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(02-02-2019 11:42 PM)Leviset Wrote:  I think the article mentions that probably not enough mathematics was known to be able in the 6th century BC to tackle the tunnel build, Pythagoras was born in 569BC

The pythagorean theorem was somewhat known already. I mean, in the past - but even today - it is most likely that things were rediscovered over and over unless very deep.

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Hist...goras.html
Wiki has useful pointers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem

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The Tunnel of Samos - Leviset - 01-22-2019, 04:32 PM
RE: The Tunnel of Samos - Terje Vallestad - 01-22-2019, 08:47 PM
RE: The Tunnel of Samos - Massimo Gnerucci - 01-22-2019, 09:40 PM
RE: The Tunnel of Samos - pier4r - 01-23-2019, 02:39 PM
RE: The Tunnel of Samos - BruceH - 01-29-2019, 01:30 PM
RE: The Tunnel of Samos - pier4r - 01-29-2019, 06:51 PM
RE: The Tunnel of Samos - Leviset - 02-02-2019, 11:42 PM
RE: The Tunnel of Samos - pier4r - 02-03-2019 07:09 PM
RE: The Tunnel of Samos - BruceH - 02-03-2019, 12:38 AM



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