Mathematician · 570 BC – 495 BC

Pythagoras

Little-Known Facts

The Pythagoreans formed a secretive brotherhood with strict rules, reportedly including a famous taboo against eating beans.
They discovered that simple whole-number ratios produce harmonious musical intervals.

Did Pythagoras really prove the Pythagorean theorem?

The relationship was known to earlier Babylonians; Pythagoras or his school are credited with a proof, though the details are uncertain.