We know next to nothing with any certainty about Pythagoras, except that he was not really called Pythagoras. The name by which he is known to us was probably a nickname bestowed by his followers. According to one source, it meant โHe who spoke truth like an oracleโ. Rather than entrust his mathematical and philosophical ideas to paper, Pythagoras is said to have expounded them before large crowds. The worldโs most famous mathematician was also its first rhetorician.
Daniel TammetFischer, the great American chess champion, famously said, 'Chess is life.' I would say, 'Pi is life.'
Daniel TammetI love music. I have a fondness for Chopin, and I very much like his 'Raindrop Prelude.'
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