Math and Medicine by JUSTIN GRIGUS

Euclid

ecouty7891 — 2015-12-03 16:44:33 UTC

He was a famous mathematician that worked in Geometry. He wrote many book and theoiries that were ahead of his time and his books were used in schools until the 1800's.

Archimedes of Syracuse

ecouty7891 — 2015-12-03 16:47:04 UTC

He invented the sciences of mechanics and hydro-statics. he invented one of the most fundamental concepts of physics – the center of gravity. He also invested/ explained exponents and there uses.

fkokosioulis442 — 2015-12-03 16:47:56 UTC

Pythagoras

fkokosioulis442 — 2015-12-03 16:49:23 UTC

Pythagoras invented the Pythagorean theorem which states that the length of the 2 legs of a triangle squared equals the length of the hypotenuse squared. (a^2+b^2=c^2)

The ancient Greek mathematicians and doctors affected us in many ways. They help us do things like find the length of a hypotenuse and to have medical standards for everyone in the medical field to follow

jgrigus089 — 2015-12-03 16:50:20 UTC

Hippocrates

fkokosioulis442 — 2015-12-03 16:54:38 UTC

"The father of western medicine" He founded the Hippocratic School of Medicine that separated medicine from other practices such as religion. He came up with the Hippocratic Oath which is a oath that medical professionals take to promise to do what is the best for the patient.

The Acadamy

fkokosioulis442 — 2015-12-04 16:50:26 UTC

Was a place outside of Athens where people go to learn differnent subjects including Mathmatics.

Math and Medicine

nocasio727 — 2015-12-07 00:50:56 UTC

Observation and logic played a major role on various discoveries made by the Greeks because it help them find many systems and ways to figure things out now days. Because of these discoveries we can help and heal others and solve various math problems.

Math and Medicine

nocasio727 — 2015-12-07 00:57:29 UTC

The Hippocratic oath is considered an advancement in medicine because it provides a sort of rule book to medical students and it benefits the patient with safety. It is still used today by people in the medical field.