(CNN)-- Over 1,000 years before Pythagoras was calculating the length of a hypotenuse, sophisticated scribes in Mesopotamia were working with the same theory to calculate the area of their farmland.

Many people think that mathematics is a human invention. To this way of thinking, mathematics is like a language: it may describe real things in the world, but it doesn't "exist" outside the minds of ...

Three teasers from the vaults from the great Greek mathematician and philosopher UPDATE: The solutions are now up – see them here Hi guzzlers, The most famous theorem in maths is named after the Greek ...

It is well known that Pythagoras – supposedly – came up with the theorem that allows us to calculate the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle from the length of its sides. It is less ...

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An addition to the Math Adventure series, What's Your Angle, Pythagoras? by Julie Ellis, illus. by Phyllis Hornung, tells a fictional tale of the future Greek philosopher and mathematician. Ellis ...

(CNN) -- Over 1,000 years before Pythagoras was calculating the length of a hypotenuse, sophisticated scribes in Mesopotamia were working with the same theory to calculate the area of their farmland.

Looking for more on Pythagoras' theorem? Revise with our National 5 Applications of Maths guide. N4 Applications of Maths - Pythagoras' theorem. revision-guideN4 Applications of Maths - Pythagoras' ...