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Fields Medal Winner Manjul Bhargava On the Pythagorean Theorem Controversy
prajendran writes There were a lot of controversies generated at the Indian Science Congress earlier this month, including claims of ancient aircraft in India, the use of plastic surgery there, and ways to divine underground water sources using herbal paste on the feet. One argument that could be tested using some form of evidence was the assertion by Science Minister Harsh Vardhan that the Pythagorean theorem was discovered in India. Manjul Bhargava, a Princeton University professor of mathematics and a Fields Medal winner describes why the question is not defined well.
If you are going to nominate for lifetime achievement in pedantry I would go Slashdot.org instead if just one article.
i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.
Pythagoras imposed his quasi-religious philosophies... about never urinating towards the sun...
That was a translation error. What he actually said is you don't piss against the wind.