Meet the Mathematicians
Euclid in Athens, 300 BCE
Euclid, father of mathematics, sat in the agora, solving for x.
He wore a toga, and a beard, and a "I'm not a philosopher" expression.
His theorems were legendary, but his fashion sense was questionable.
Euclid in Rome, 100 CEArchimedes in Syracuse, 250 BCE
Archimedes, the greatest mathematician of the ancient world, sat in his bath, solving for pi.
He said "Eureka!" and then took a nap.
Archimedes in Sicily, 200 BCEFibonacci in Pisa, 1200 CE
Fibonacci, the master of sequences, sat in the market, selling his wares.
He wore a Fibonacci spiral on his shirt, and a "I'm a mathemagician" hat.
His numbers were infinite, but his patience was not.
Fibonacci in Paris, 1300 CE