Study math for long enough and you will likely have cursed Pythagoras’s name, or said “praise be to Pythagoras” if you’re a bit of a fan of triangles.
But while Pythagoras was an important historical figure in the development of mathematics, he did not figure out the equation most associated with him (a2 + b2 = c2). In fact, there is an ancient Babylonian tablet (by the catchy name of IM 67118) which uses the Pythagorean theorem to solve the length of a diagonal inside a rectangle. The tablet, likely used for teaching, dates from 1770 BCE – centuries before Pythagoras was born in around 570 BCE.
We’ve supposedly just rediscovered how to make Roman concrete in the last few years!
try this year
https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106
Time flies so I thought it was longer. Thanks for the reminder!
We are haven’t figured out how to make Damascus Steel