Pythagoras Did Not ‘DISCOVER’ The Pythagorean Theorem - History Facts

Pythagoras Did Not ‘DISCOVER’ The Pythagorean Theorem - History Facts

Without trigonometry nothing is possible. There will be no Architecture, no ocean exploration, no astronomy, no space-travel, no science, not your house, not your car, not your computer, infact no modern technology that you can think of.

And Pythagorean theorem is the foundation of trigonometry.

So did Pythagoras first discover it?

No! Pythagoras indeed brought this theorem to the Greeks.

Key historian of western philosophy Bertrand Russell describes it: “The combination of mathematics and theology, which began with Pythagoras, characterized religious philosophy in Greece. Orphism before Pythagoras was analogous to Asiatic mystery religions.”

Otherwise, think about it, how could they built Pyramids without trigonometry? And what about the ancient giant ponds in Indus Valley civilization?

Pythagoras was a native of Samos, who disliked his own government and spent much of his time roving in the lands on the other side of the ocean, which included Egypt, Babylon and eastern lands ahead. By the standards of his time, they were far richer in Mathematics, Chemistry and Philosophy.

As he returned to the Greeks carrying all that knowledge, they believed him to be ‘the son of God’. Pythagoras enjoyed this divine position, and attempted to found a new religion, which included weird mandates, such as prohibition of ‘eating hearts of animals’, ‘picking up fallen stuffs’ and ‘looking in mirrors from beside the lights’.

And from there his school propagated science and mathematics ahead, which led to the famous greek rise of wisdom that laid the foundation to all the further western developments.

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[binay]

Baudhayana was the author of the Baudhayana sutras, which cover dharma, daily ritual, etc. He was the author of the earliest Sulba Sutras.  These are notable from the point of view of mathematics, they contain several important mathematical results. He explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem today. He discovered this in the 6th century, which was long before the European mathematician, Pythagoras was born. This theorem explains the relation among the three sides of a right triangle. It states that the square of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

[nrr]

Pythagoras just had the best PR team 😬

[spiderman-gtmm]

Indians, Chinese, Babylon and Egyptian also knew this

[BarbaPamino]

No he did not discover it. Nor did he bring it first to Greece. Phenomenal structures existed in Greece 1000 to 2000 years before Pythagoras.

[dynamitebsb]

It was written down in shulba sutras 300yrs before this guy was even burn...but Europeans want to name everything european

[Yjs]

An *error does not become truth* by reason of multiplied propagation,
*nor does truth become error* because nobody sees it
Mahatma Gandhi - Young India - 26-2-1925

[rujackswing]

There are so many Music Teachers w/ in USA, who Swear that Pythagoras invented the High Systems of Math & all of the Intellect of Greece & the World... But What was Egypt & Asia doing Before he was Born... I guess waiting for him, HA HA HA... Love Self . Peace...!!!

[Skyrime]

It's satisfactory for you to under play the role of ancient Indian scholars named bodhiyana who actually discovered it . Scriptures have the proof

[ruxp]

Knowledge isn’t what it is unless we share it. So what he did was popularize the piece of information.

Why stress about who knows it first?

[droiduseruserdroid]

This video is stupid. People can independently discover the same concept at different points in history. That doesn't mean they didn't re-discover the same concept or that they are frauds.

[nickmegadeth]

But what happened then? The Egyptians and indians forgot the mathematics?.. or was it only for the elite???

[leeroyr]

Honestly i wasn't there. He seems legit, i even wrote his name in my book.

[DaBeezKneez]

Einstein did not invented the theory of general relativity. 🙄

[pelasgeuspelasgeus]

Proof? Where is the proof? The fact that he traveled around the Mediterranean sea? Or did you found any Egyptian wall stating the theorem? You are really pityfoul.

[trnitii]

pythagoras never existed, he was just some imaginary figure.

[dineshkhoond]

Pythagoras didn't discover pythagorean theorum.