Knights Of Miletus Research Paper

In my paper I’m going to describe the highlights of the life of Thales of Miletus. Thales of Miletus was a seventh century materialist philosopher as well as a great mathematician. Thales is considered to be one of the most distinguished figures in the history of mathematics. He is considered the true father of Greek math, science, and even philosophy. Thales was born around 624 BC. He was born in the city of Miletus which is located on the western coast of Turkey. He died at the age of 78 in 545 BC. There is very little known about him due to the loss of records. The records did not state anything about his wife, but it did say that he had an adopted son that was his nephew. It is known though, that he traveled early in life

Also, during this time he was able to craft his own discoveries. One of those discoveries was the Thales Theorem, which noted that a circle had three points: A,B, and C. The diameter would be between the points A and C and points ABC would be a right triangle. He invented his own theorem. Thales is credited with the following five theorems of geometry:

A circle is bisected by its diameter.

Angles at the base of any isosceles triangle are equal.

If two straight lines intersect, the opposite angles are formed equal.

If one triangle has two angles and one side equal to another triangle, the two triangles are equal.

Any angle inscribed in a semicircle is a right angle. This is known as the Thales theorem. He created the height and distance in geometry. He also invented another theorem called the intercept theorem. Thales intercept theorem states that DE = AE = AD BC AC AB In many ways Thales changed the world, but what makes him so popular is the theorems he made in math. I have not used this type of math yet, but I am sure I will use it in one of my future geometry classes. I may have used one or two of these things in my geometry class, but just can’t recall them. The intercept theorem is the ratio of line segments that are created if two intersecting lines are intercepted by a pair of