Pappus of alexandria biography of christopher columbus

          Columbus-- one of its many readers--found inspiration in Ptolemy's exaggerated value for the size of Asia for his own fateful journey to the west.!

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          Born
          about 290
          Alexandria, Egypt
          Died
          about 350
          Summary
          Pappus is the last of the great Greek geometers and one of his theorems is cited as the basis of modern projective geometry.

          He wrote commentaries on Euclid's Elements and Ptolemy's Almagest.

          Biography

          Pappus of Alexandria is the last of the great Greek geometers and one of his theorems is cited as the basis of modern projective geometry.

          We have been told in school that it was Christopher Columbus the person who found out that the Earth is round and set out on a journey to.

        1. We have been told in school that it was Christopher Columbus the person who found out that the Earth is round and set out on a journey to.
        2. BC, the.
        3. Columbus-- one of its many readers--found inspiration in Ptolemy's exaggerated value for the size of Asia for his own fateful journey to the west.
        4. Contrary to popular belief, Christopher Columbus did not discover that the Earth is round.
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          6. Our knowledge of Pappus's life is almost nil. There appear in the literature one or two references to dates for Pappus's life which must be wrong. There is a reference in the Suda Lexicon(a work of a 10th century Greek lexicographer) which states that Pappus was a contemporary of Theon of Alexandria (see for example [1]):-

          Pappus, of Alexandria, philosopher, lived about the time of the Emperor Theodosius the Elder [379 AD - 395 AD], when Theon the Philosopher, who wrote the Canon of Ptolemy, also flourished.
          This would seem convincing but there is a