... Chios, Greece and died about 410 BC. He was a Greek merchant turned geometer who compiled the first known work on the elements of geometry. I chose to write about Hipprocates because the little-known people who contribute to the works of others should always be recognized. He was ... Chios is best known for his squaring of the circle and duplicating the cube. He wrote the first mathematical textbook, called the Elements of Geometry. His book was lost but many mathematicians were greatly influenced by his writing. Besides his book, Hippocrates major contribution to ancient mathematics was ...

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... to have began from when he observed a solar eclipse on October 18, 320 and then since has focused his work on geometry. Everything associated with Pappus mathematical mind was included in the collection of books he wrote called "the synagogue". The purpose of the volumes were to ... revive geometry and restore it to a level of significance, usually by providing further explanations or supplements to the works of previous geometers. The knowledge ... virtue of their nature, but forcibly transferring others from their own places in a motion contrary to their nature; and it contrives to do...

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