「When we think of ancient mathematics, the first names that come to mind are Pythagoras and Euclid,」 she said, but that 「this shouldn「t be the case.」
「当我们思考古代数学的时候,我首先想到的是毕达哥拉斯和欧几里德,」她说,但「这不应该是这样。」
Pythagoras is best known for the theorem that bears his name, but it was discovered much earlier in Mesopotamia.
毕达哥拉斯最出名的是与他同名的定理,不过这一定理在美索不达米亚更早被人们发现。
Blackburn」s formula does this by sketching the arc of your car's turning capability into a full circle, then using the center of the circle to create the right-angle triangles Pythagoras loved.
Blackburn教授的公式通过对车的弧度和转角能力画圈,利用圆心来设置一个直角三角形。
Pythagoras believed that we are constantly in contact with the 「music of the spheres,」 which fills our inner ears from the moment of our birth.