Pythagoras (560-480BC) Do any of you know who is considered the first true mathematician? Well, the answer is Pythagoras of Samos. He was a Greek philosopher and religious leader who was responsible for important developments in history in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, and the theory of music.We know little of his early life, and even less of his writings. Everything that we know about him was through his students and disciples. He …showed first 75 words of 397 total…

…showed last 75 words of 397 total…for geometrical properties. Pythagoras gave a lot to the field of math and science. Without his Pythagorean theorem, we couldn't have the computer graphics capabilities that we do now. Surveying and measuring land would be more difficult. Whereas much of the Pythagorean doctrine that has survived consists of numerology and number mysticism, the influence of the idea that the world can be understood through mathematics was extremely important to the development of science and math.