Although famous throughout the world, Pythagoras’ life is shrouded in mystery. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Born in Samos in ...

NCERT’s new Class 8 maths book now calls it the Baudhayana–Pythagoras Theorem, crediting ancient Indian scholar Baudhayana.

The most important theorem we learnt in childhood carries the name of a Greek philosopher, but not necessarily the legacy.

Pythagoras held that there are three sorts of men, just as there are three classes of strangers who go to the Olympic games. There are the lovers of gain who come to buy and sell, the lovers of honour ...

Chances are that if you attended school between the ages of 12 and 15 you learned the Pythagorean Theorem. Even if you happily left geometry in the rearview mirror decades ago you can probably still ...