Pythagoras's

I seem to remember having to know Pythagoras's theorem for my school entrance exam at age 9.

GCSE students are getting better at Maths Not a sheep 2008

I seem to remember having to know Pythagoras's theorem for my school entrance exam at age 9.

Archive 2008-03-01 Not a sheep 2008

So here's a handful of musical code-makers and breakers, some of Plato's and Pythagoras's heirs.

Magic numbers: composers and their clandestine codes 2010

Dividing whole texts by 12, Kennedy found "positive concepts" in the dialogues coinciding with harmonious intervals of Pythagoras's scale, and negative concepts at dissonant intervals.

Magic numbers: composers and their clandestine codes 2010

Alberto Pérez-Gómez has discerned this metaphor in the writings of Fra Luca Pacioli, who "reminds us that Pythagoras's discovery of the proportions of the right-angled triangle is absolutely indispensable to build vertically and even to recognize justice, 'for without it, it is impossible to know the difference between good and evil, or to obtain any certain measure in our works.'"

Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

What may or may not "exist within the mind" of a child with or without an idea of Pythagoras's Theorem is just that -- an idea.

Archive 2007-04-01 Hal Duncan 2007

If we say "W does not manifest X as a feature," where W is the mind of a schoolchild and X represents Pythagoras's Theorem, we would be denying that an essential principle is continuously manifest in our world (which contains W) were we to directly equate X with the mathematical relationship we call Pythagoras's Theorem.

A Response to a Response Hal Duncan 2007

What may or may not "exist within the mind" of a child with or without an idea of Pythagoras's Theorem is just that -- an idea.

A Response to a Response Hal Duncan 2007

Unfortunately, I'm afraid that we have not yet realized -- and perhaps do not fully understand -- the true meaning and implications of Pythagoras's profound words.

Alex Pattakos: No Person Left Behind: The Search for Meaning In Education 2009

If we say "W does not manifest X as a feature," where W is the mind of a schoolchild and X represents Pythagoras's Theorem, we would be denying that an essential principle is continuously manifest in our world (which contains W) were we to directly equate X with the mathematical relationship we call Pythagoras's Theorem.

Archive 2007-04-01 Hal Duncan 2007