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Thanks for sharing! Now I want to read it. “…would thus be unlikely to appear on a reading list.” Yes, sorry to be facetious about Pythagoras but those early
by dr_dshiv 4y ago
Thanks for sharing! Now I want to read it.
“…would thus be unlikely to appear on a reading list.”
Yes, sorry to be facetious about Pythagoras but those early ideas are still rather vibrant and they do get under people’s skin. I didn’t realize until recently what a huge effect Pythagoras had (or his transmitted ideas) on the scientific revolution, vis a vis Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Hooke, etc.