er mathematical figure, and the abstract idea of a proof. The Pythagorean having been brought up in the study of mathematics, thought that things are numbers, and that the whole cosmos is a scale and a number. This generalization stemmed from Pythagorass observations in music, mathematics, and astronomy. Pythagoras noticed that vibrating strings produced harmonious tones when the ratios of the lengths of the strings are whole numbers, and that the ratios could be extended to other instruments. Actually Pythagoras made remarkable contributions to the mathematical theory of music. Pythagoras used his musical talent of playing the lyre as means to help those who were ill. Pythagoras studied properties of numbers much like mathematicians of today would. The fact of even and odd numbers triangular numbers, and perfect numbers. However Pythagoras gave numbers a personality. Each number had a personality; masculine or feminine, perfect or incomplete, and beautiful or ugly. Modern mathematics has deliberately eliminated these personality factors from its presence.Today we mainly remember Pythagoras for his famous geometry theorem, the Pythagorean theorem. Although the theorem, now known as Pythaorass theorem, was actually known to the Babylonians 1000 years earlier, he may have been the first to prove it.Although Pythagoras is thought of by some as to have been one of the worlds greatest men, none of his writings are actually available. Its a good thing that his followers had the good sense to record lots of it for him. He had many more contributions in life than just the Pythagorass theorem, which is all some know him for, but also contributed greatly to music, and changed the lives of many in the future to come with his teachings, and philosophies. ...
