On 2020-03-10 22:55, Shlomi Fish wrote:
Speaking of trivia, and off topic, did you know that
√2 caused a major religious upheaval when the result
of a 1,1,√2 triangle came out? The poor Pythagoreans:
all numbers had to be rational. Hippasus even
got murdered for blowing the whistle on √2.
Seehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippasus for what we more accurately know
about that.
Hi Shlomi,
That is a trip down memory lane!
More years ago that I like to admit, wrote a college
paper on the Pythagoreans. The only real thing I
really remember about it is the "Harmony of the Spheres"
(Musica universalis).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musica_universalis
I don't know how I ever got a A on the paper. The
stuff on Wikipedia is 20 times better than anything
I wrote.
Thank you for sharing!
-T
