Pythagoras already installed some of the windows at Chicago's Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower. "The most important thing for us is the impact this could have," Fink said.

Pythagoras realized that these harmony-producing ratios all involved the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. Therefore, he concluded, their sum, 10, was the key number for developing a theory of the universe.

The famous ancient site at Stonehenge may have been built using Greek philosopher Pythagoras’ famous theorem two millennia before the mathematical equation was developed, experts say. A new book ...

Citing ethical concerns, Pythagoras and his followers didn't eat animals, according to the virtual exhibit. As a result, before his kind was referred to as vegetarians, they were called Pythagoreans.

On the other hand, Pythagoras and Hildegard of Bingen were on to the principle underlying it: ... Sonia Slany's 'Monochord Music' (Village Life, 2CDs), is available from 020 8360 4975; £16.

But while Pythagoras was an important historical figure in the development of mathematics, he did not figure out the equation most associated with him (a 2 + b 2 = c 2).In fact, there is an ...

The monochord gave rise to far more than Western musical scales. For the Greeks and those who followed them music was number, and the ratios of the scale were manifested in nature and in the arts.

The monochord was originally a scientific instrument — the sonometer — invented by the mathematician Pythagoras and only featured one string.

This is the monochord, invented by the mystical mathematician Pythagoras to demonstrate the connection between musical harmony and the structure of the world. It was simplicity itself: ...