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ChilledAgua said:
Evidence discovered that Babylonians had exact trigonometry tables 1,500 years before Pythagoras was born.

https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/08/25/Worlds-first-trigonometry-revealed-in-ancient-Babylonian-tablet/2181503668755/

Not based on a unit circle like the Greek version.
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There does seem to be a lot of evidence towards ancient people being more advanced than 1st thought. From the astronomical works from the Mayan/Inca to the Greek's Antikythera mechanism we may well be not discovering but rediscovering things once known but some how lost. Interesting things discussed in this book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprints_of_the_Gods . As one can say food for the thought but taken with a grain of salt.
 
JWR said:
There does seem to be a lot of evidence towards ancient people being more advanced than 1st thought. From the astronomical works from the Mayan/Inca to the Greek's Antikythera mechanism we may well be not discovering but rediscovering things once known but some how lost. Interesting things discussed in this book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprints_of_the_Gods . As one can say food for the thought but taken with a grain of salt.
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I had read, also, that the Egyptians had a pretty good understanding of the subject. Their work with it was more of a practical matter than a theoretical one though, and used in engineering and architecture, for example.

A book I own (trying to remember which one, but think it's Fermat's Enigma) had alluded to the fact that the equation was known earlier, but was named after Pythagoras because he was the first to prove it held true for every right triangle.
 
jammer06 said:
Speaking of dead people, theyve found more of them in greece

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5874-170828-greece-chamber-tomb
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If you love dead bodies...this book may be for you. It's about the advancement of science through body donation. Which sounds super dry, it is not. It's hilarious. She's written the same kind of book about space (packing for mars ), food and sex (don't remember the titles) but "Stiff", by far is my favorite.

http://www.maryroach.net/stiff.html
 
What party? said:
If you love dead bodies...this book may be for you. It's about the advancement of science through body donation. Which sounds super dry, it is not. It's hilarious. She's written the same kind of book about space (packing for mars ), food and sex (don't remember the titles) but "Stiff", by far is my favorite.

http://www.maryroach.net/stiff.html
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Necrophilia jokes aside this book looks pretty interesting. I remember seeing the bodyworlds exhibit and being totally blown away. Thanks for the heads up, I'm always down for good science book stuff (check out the book thread).
 
orpheus said:
I read Mary Roach, but only her book on sex because of course I did. mhihi: :eyebrows:

http://www.maryroach.net/bonk.html
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Ha! Sounds right. I tried reading that book too and read up to the chapter about the sex toy inventor/hobbyist who fashioned something self propelled together on a bicycle seat but could not find a woman to try it. Lols. Annnnddd, done. It was a little too "american psycho" and the car battery. =(
 
jammer06 said:
Necrophilia jokes aside this book looks pretty interesting. I remember seeing the bodyworlds exhibit and being totally blown away. Thanks for the heads up, I'm always down for good science book stuff (check out the book thread).
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Good looking out Jam, I'll check out the book thread.
 
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