Comments on: Pythagoras: More than Just a Square?

By: MrSmart

MrSmart — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:34:54 +0000

Great pictures. You provoked good debate in the comments. Clear information and an interesting individual to choose.

By: twhee101

twhee101 — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:07:30 +0000

i agree that he is a significant individual in history. He discovered what is now the foundation of which we build things upon.

By: sgent105

sgent105 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:39:42 +0000

Nice presentation, nice information. The obvious bias the audience has with this is their, perhaps, dislike of math :). Nice small details, such as the Egyptian pre-usage of this theory, adds to the project. The only problems are a lack of hypertexted words, and links to the sites you got for your information. Also, a slight lack regarding his life history, but his time of birth, and the amount of information left from that time may explain a lack of a biography. Regardless, it drew me in, and made me want to read more!

By: erobi105

erobi105 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:09:49 +0000

This was an awesome entry. You clearly argued for the importance of your individual’s contributions to the world, not only with words but with extremely effective pictures. Personally, I would have loved a hyperlink to his biography, or to an article on the uses of math or something, to have an easy option of learning about this more in-depth. However, over all this was incredibly convincing and has persuaded me to appreciate Pythagoras in a way I never had before. Be very proud of this, its really good.

By: koshi105

koshi105 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:47:14 +0000

Interesting pictures especially the one with the house lol who would live in that. Full of information but i do not think that there was a lot that could be done on this topic because there are just shapes. With that in mind still a good job on pythatgoras but he is still not the greatest person. Go Louie!!!!!

P.S
You would do something remotely related to math.

By: ssatt101

ssatt101 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:45:09 +0000

Another person I would not have thought off, but now that I think about it, I can definitely see your point. The pictures really added to the whole blog, and the one about Epcot got me thinking. This is a very well written, well organized, and a very convincing blog.

By: elast101

elast101 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:03:12 +0000

I agree how math is everywhere (and triangles too). Triangles are so important today. I like your summary at the bottom it puts everything together in an effective way. (I love your use of bolding there too)

By: jguan104

jguan104 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:00:00 +0000

you would.
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i like how you said that even though he didnt discover the triangle, he built on an already great idea….an idea that has so many ccontributions to society….. i also like that you had so many things to back up just one of his discoveries (the relationship between the sides of right triangles)