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THALES OF MILATUS
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WHO IS THALES?
• Lived from approximately 624BC to
550BC

THALES OF MILETUS
 Considered by Aristotle to be the first
philosopher.

Astronomer (predict a solar eclipse, halting

the battle between the two empires Medes
and Lydia).

One of the earliest people in human history

to use scientific approach to calculate and
explain the world
THALES OF MILETUS
A Greek Mathematician
The theorem regards the special
case of the inscribed angle
theorem:

If AC is a diameter and B
is a point on the diameter's
circle, the angle ABC is a
right angle.
 The theorem are sometimes
It is generally attributed to Thales
attributed to Pythagoras

God Apollo
 Intercept theorem
(basic proportionality theorem):
*The theorem is equivalent to the concept of similar triangles,
i.e. it can be used to prove the properties of similar triangles and
similar triangles can be used to prove the intercept theorem.

The similar triangles can be rearranged so that

the intercept theorem can be applied
The Thales’
Shadow
The Thales’ DUDES!
*intelligently
WHO CARES?!?
Shadow How high
thinking* the*boasting
is this
I know answer. Theabout
NOBODY HAVE EVER
BIG pyramid?
Great
BRAIN Pyramid
TIME! atancestors*
theirUS
ASKED GizaBEFORE!
THAT
rises to a height of 160
paces!
THE GREAT
PYRAMID OF
CHEOPS
•height of the pole (A):
1.63 m

•shadow of the pole (B):

2m

•length of the pyramid

base: 230 m

•shadow of the pyramid:

65 m
Measuring the width of a river

AC. AF
 AB
FC
Thank you for
listening