text: Mathematicians - Ancient MathematiciansAncient builders and others needed good techniques for measurement. Ancient mathematics is one of the many fields in which the ancient philosophers and other thinkers excelled.Claudius Ptolemy (5)Euclid (2)PythagorasDiscoveries in Science Made by Ancient Greek ScientistsThe Greeks developed philosophy as a way of understanding the natural world without resorting to myth or magic. Early Greek philosophers were also scientists. Many of their discoveries and inventions are still used today.ArchimedesBasic information on Archimedes, the Greek mathematician of Syracuse.Eratosthenes - Greek Mathematician EratosthenesEratosthenes was a Greek mathematicians known for such things as measuring the circumference of the earth.Hippocrates of ChiosHippocrates of Chios, who lived about the same time as the medical Hippocrates, wrote the first known work on geometry.
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