Who is Pythagoras of Samos?
Pythagoras of Samos was an early philosopher and mathematician who lived between 570 and 480 BC. Many of Pythagoras’ mathematical insights and discoveries influenced modern mathematics such as the Pythagoras Theorem. The Pythagorean Theorem holds that the square of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Some historians believe that Pythagoras’ Theorem was information known by the Egyptians and Babylonians even before Pythagoras of Samos was credited with creating it. Pythagoras did develop many theories, however, encompassing many different subjects such as religion and music. All of his theories involved numbers in some way. Pythagoras’ theory of music states that the time in between musical notes can be expressed as ratios between the numbers, or integers, one to four. Pythagoras believed that both music and numbers are powerful to the soul. That belief formed the basis of his religious convictions and teachings. Pythagora
