Pythagoras was pursued on foot but came to a halt at a field of fava beans. Unwilling to compromise his principles he stood there, was caught, and killed. The beans, presumably, survived.

Greek-Egyptian exchange shaped both worlds through shared philosophy, religion, and science, leading to lasting cultural transformation.

Pythagoras already installed some of the windows at Chicago's Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower. "The most important thing for us is the impact this could have," Fink said.

Pythagoras, the ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, had established a school. What was it like, and what became of it after his death?

For Pythagoras and his followers, this was indicative of the ultimate nature of reality: behind the play of appearances, they believed, “all things are number”.

Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher and mathematician. He was the leader of the Brotherhood of Pythagoreans, a secret society which studied mathematics. Their motto was "All is number." The ...

Greek philosopher Pythagoras is credited with discovering the famous geometric theorem stating that, in a right-angled triangle “the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares ...

What began as a bonus question in a high school math contest has resulted in a staggering 10 new ways to prove the ancient mathematical rule of Pythagoras' theorem. It's long been claimed ...