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Article #45Re: A U.S. President and Pythagorean?
From: Lyle D. Sanders
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 21:08
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 21:08
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In article <181001@pyramid.pyramid.com>, lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell) writes: |> In article <1992Apr9.090734.1@scivax.stsci.edu> reinhard@scivax.stsci.edu writes: |> > |> >Can any one tell me which U.S. President developed |> >a proof to the Pythagorean Theorem? |> > |> Hopefully all of them with an 8th grade education or better. |> |> Are you talking about voo-doo geometry or what? Did one of them |> DISPROVE the theorem? |> |> PS. does this have anything to do with consumers? >:-) Well, let's see... Ronald Regan was past the 8th grade before the Pythagorean Theorem was thought of, so it was not him! And I doubt Jerry Ford could have managed such a task as understanding the Pythagorean Theorem, let alone prove it, so it was not him! Richard Nixon MAY have stolen a copy of the proof, does that count? For the most part, most, if not all, of the recent U.S. Persidents probably didn't (don't) care about the Pythagorean Theorem. Just my opinion... Lyle D. Sanders zaphod@answers.larc.nasa.gov UNISYS Government Systems Inc. (804) 864-7470 Mail Stop 157-B (804) 864-7604 FAX NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA 23665 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." -- Galileo Galilei ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Newsgroups: sci.misc,sci.math,misc.wanted,misc.consumers,misc.education Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.larc.nasa.gov!advise.larc.nasa.gov!zaphod From: zaphod@advise.larc.nasa.gov (Lyle D. Sanders) Subject: Re: A U.S. President and Pythagorean? Message-ID: <1992Apr15.210803.721@news.larc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@news.larc.nasa.gov (USENET Network News) Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA USA References: <181001@pyramid.pyramid.com> Distribution: na Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 21:08:03 GMT Lines: 39