who is called the father of geometry?
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Euclid.\nGreek geometer who wrote the Elements , the world's most definitive text on geometry. The book synthesized earlier knowledge about geometry, and was used for centuries in western Europe as a geometry textbook. The text began with definitions, postulates ("Euclid's postulates "), and common opinions, then proceeded to obtain results by rigorous geometric proof. Euclid also proved what is generally known as Euclid's second theorem:  the number of primes  is infinite.  The beautiful proof Euclid gave of this theorem is still a gem and is generally acknowledged to be one of the "classic" proofs of all times in terms of its conciseness and clarity. In the Elements , Euclid used the method of exhaustion and reductio ad absurdum. He also discussed the so-called Euclidean algorithm  for finding the greatest common divisor  of two numbers, and is credited with the well-known proof of the Pythagorean theorem. \nNeither the year nor place of his birth have been established, nor the circumstances of his death, although he is known to have lived and worked in Alexandria for much of his life. In addition, no bust which can be verified to be his likeness is known (Tietze 1965, p. 8).
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Well I'm not a geometer ... so I may err slightly here as i only had one non-euclidean geometry class and going over some links has only refreshed some of it.\n\nRiemannian geometry is otherwise known as elliptic geometry :\n"It can be visualized as the surface of a sphere on which "lines" are taken as great circles. In elliptic geometry, the sum of angles of a triangle is > 180 degrees"  [this last part taken from mathworld]. It is a "non-euclidean" geometry "with positive curvature" which replaces the "parallel postulate" with *through any point in the plane, there exist no lines parallel to a given line.*\n\ntaken from wikipedia :\nSpherical trigonometry is a part of spherical geometry that deals with polygons (especially triangles) on the sphere and explains how to find relations between the involved angles. This is of great importance for calculations in astronomy and earth-surface and orbital and space navigation.\n\nSo one could say ... paraphrase the above defn of spherical trigonometry mentioning how it is a study of the relations of polygons, angles etc on objects under (or in) a riemannian geometry system\n\nincluded below are some of the links so you can formulate a better answer than mine :) gain a better understanding and even give examples that you find in those links and related links :)\n\nenjoy :),\nTom
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both Leibnitz and Descartes are credited with this.  Descartes in particular for the Cartesian co-ordinate system.
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René Descartes is regarded as having invented analytic or coordinate geometry in 1637.  I can't find any information on who invented simultaneous equations.  However, the reason for this is clearly because they are much more ancient than Cartesian geometry.  The Indian mathematician Baudhayana was solving simultaneous equations as early as 800 BCE!  It is true that simultaneous equations have a relationship with coordinate geometry, because a system of equations is solved by a point that is the intersection of the curves represented by the equations.  However, this aspect of simultaneous equations is not fundamental to solving them.
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I think you mean he discovered that the angles in a triangle add up to the sum of two right angles (180 degrees). However, he is best known for the Pythagorean Theorem, which says that for all right triangles the sum of the squares of the lengths of the two legs is equal to the square of the length of the hypotenuse. Many mathematicians and others, including President Garfield, have come up with original proofs for this theorem. Here's a couple links, one to information about the famous theorem and another to biographical information on Pythagoras.
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Yes, Gregor Mendell is considered to be Father of Genetics.  No, charles Darwin wrote his book without knowing what Mendell had discovered.
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It was Pythagoras who was the first to question the flat earth theory, although probably just the most famous....incidently it was considered heracy at the time.
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Pythagoras (of Samos, born about 569-82 BC - died about 507 BC) was a Greek philosopher who made important developments in mathematics, astronomy, and the theory of music. The theorem now known as Pythagoras's theorem was known to the Babylonians 1000 years earlier but he may have been the first to prove it. \n\nIn any right triangle, the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the long side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of areas of the squares whose sides are the two legs (i.e. the two sides other than the hypotenuse, the adjacent and opposite in sine, cosine and tangent workings). \n\nIf we let c be the length of the hypotenuse and a and b be the lengths of the other two sides, the theorem can be expressed as the equation\n\nThis equation provides a simple relation among the three sides of a right triangle so that if the lengths of any two sides are known, the length of the third side can be found.\n\nI was taught this in a long jumpo sand pit, with 25 billard balls.\nmy old teacher, Mr Chadwick, made a line of 5 balls, and this was the hypotenuse. he then drew in the rest of the triangle. he squared the 5 balls, by making a square of 5 by 5 balls, (25 in all).\n\nthen he put balls on the other lines. three fitted onto the short side, and four onto the next side. he then squared the two other sides. 3 x3 and 4 x 4 (9 and 16, when added together = 25. \n\nhe showed me that 27 years ago, It was amazing, and the reason I am now a teacher.
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"Descartes's chief contributions to mathematics were his analytical geometry and his theory of vortices, and it is on his researches in connection with the former of these subjects that his mathematical reputation rests. "\nhttp://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Descartes/RouseBall/RB_Descartes.html\n\n\n"The most notable contribution that Descartes made to mathematics was the systematization of analytic geometry (see Geometry: Analytic Geometry). He was the first mathematician to attempt to classify curves according to the types of equations that produce them. He also made contributions to the theory of equations. Descartes was the first to use the last letters of the alphabet to designate unknown quantities and the first letters to designate known ones. He also invented the method of indices (as in x2) to express the powers of numbers. In addition, he formulated the rule, which is known as Descartes's rule of signs, for finding the number of positive and negative roots for any algebraic equation."\nhttp://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761555262/Rene_Descartes.html\n\n\nDescartes made a number of important contributions to mathematics and physics, among the most enduring of which was his foundation (with Galileo) of what is now known as analytic geometry. That is, broadly speaking, the use of geometrical analysis to solve complex algebraic problems, and vice versa. It is difficult to overestimate the importance for the history of mathematical physics of this bringing together of the sciences of geometry and algebra. \nhttp://www.iep.utm.edu/d/descarte.htm\n\n\n" 'This one thing [analytic geometry] is of the highest order of excellence, marked by the sensuous simplicity of the half dozen or so greatest contributions of all time to mathematics. Descartes remade geometry and made modern geometry possible. '(E. T. Bell) \n\nInventor of analytic and coordinate geometry. Cartesian coordinates. "\nhttp://scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Math/Descartes.html
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hello.obviously the answer from any keyboard would be albert einstein.we hav many instances to name as why he is prodigious in math and physical calclations...
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Plato, I guess. the Question is too vague. Plato's geocentric system was refuted by Copernicus, but the Catholic Church refused to accept Copernicus's findings.
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He is a mathematician. See this site: http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/html/id.phtml?id=4510
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gregor mendel? i think that was him.\n\n*no the other person was right it is Aristotle. Mendel is the father of genetics.
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Odysseus was well known to be the son of Laertes. He sailed before many fathers were born, such as Einstein of Physics or Copernicus of Astronomy.
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The father of algebra is Al Khwarizmi.\n \nHe wrote the first book on algebra. (The name "algebra" was first used by him.) Al Khwarizmi was born about 790 in Baghdad (now in Iraq) and died about 850.\n\nThe word for "Algebra" comes from the Arabic word for "al-jabr" which means "restoration of balance" in both sides of an equation.. Algebra was based on previous work from Greeks, Alexandrians in Egypt, and Hindus who had preserved the work from ancient Egyptians and Babylonians.\n\nIn the ninth century, al-Khwarizmi wrote one of the first Arabic algebras with both proofs and examples. Because of his work, he is called "the Father of Algebra." Al-Khwarizmi was a Persian born in the eighth century. He converted (changed) Babylonian and Hindu numerals into a workable system that almost anyone could use. He gave the name to his math as "al-jabr" which we know as "algebra".\n\nA Latin translation of al-Khwarizmi's book on algebra appeared in Europe in the 12th century. In the early 13th century the new algebra appeared in the writings of the famous Italian mathematician, Leonardo Fibonacci. So, algebra was brought into Europe from ancient Babylon, Egypt and India by the Arabs and then into Italy.
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geometry:the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces\n\nGeometry (from the Greek words Geo = earth and metro = measure) is the branch of mathematics first popularized in ancient Greek culture by Thales (circa 624-547 BC) dealing with spatial relationships
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antoine-laurent de lavoisier, of course, who is also considered the father of modern chemistry.\ndue to his prominence in the french government, he was beheaded by revolutionists later... shame, really