Pythagoras and Archimedes
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Let's go way back in history and consider the achievements of two geniuses of ancient Greece.  Pythagoras (570 - 495 BC) was a mathematician and philosopher.  Archimedes (287 - 212 BC) was a mathematician, engineer and inventor.  They laid the foundations of our understanding of mathematics and their theorems are taught in schools to this day.
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