Kiwi Hellenist

‘Ancient architecture and art are full of examples of the golden ratio’ is a myth that we should blame on Walt Disney. He didn’t invent it, ...

The second of three annotated transcripts of segments on ancient Greek science from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos (1980). See my introduction in part...

I'm a bit late for Pi Day, but hey, research takes time. It has become trendy to celebrate the 14th of March as 'Pi Day', becaus...

a 2 + b 2 = c 2 Chances are you’ve heard this described as Pythagoras’ theorem or the Pythagorean theorem . Mathematicians are perfec...