Pappus of Alexandria

British  

/ ˈpæpəs /

noun

1. 3rd century _bc , Greek mathematician, whose eight-volume Synagoge is a valuable source of information about Greek mathematics

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Example Sentences

Pappus of Alexandria declared that bees “possessed a divine sense of symmetry,” and Charles Darwin described the honeycomb as a masterpiece of engineering that is “absolutely perfect in economizing labor and wax.”

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2015

The proposition relating to the exterior angle was recognized by Pappus of Alexandria.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene

Pappus of Alexandria, a Greek geometer of the third or fourth century, author of "Mathematical Collections," in eight books, of which the first and second have been lost.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

Pappus of Alexandria, in his Mathematical Collection, says that Euclid was a man of mild and inoffensive temperament, unpretending, and kind to all genuine students of mathematics.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various