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Hipparchus Of Nicaea.

Published on Nov 28, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

HIPPARCHUS OF NICAEA.

WHO WAS HIPPARCHUS OF NICAEA?
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YOUR MAKERS.

VALERIE WILLIAMS AND DEONNA CULBERSON.
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WHEN WAS HIPPARCHUS OF NICAEA BORN?

HIPPARCHUS OF NICAEA WAS BORN ON 147 BC.
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BACKROUND INFO

HIPPRACHUS IS GREEK AND TURKEY.

WHAT WAS HIS CHILDHOOD LIKE?

HE SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE(CHILDHOOD MOSTLY) IN RHODES.

WHAT ARE SOME OTHER FACTS ABOUT HIM?

HE WAS A GEOGRAPHER, A MATHAMATICIAN.
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FACTS?

HE PRODUCED THE TABLE OF CHORDS, AN EARLY TRIGONOMETRIC TABLE.

INTRESTS!

  • He was the founder of trigonometry.
  • Famous for his discovery for precision of the equinoxes.
  • He was an astronamer.
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He was the interested in the reliable method to predict solar eclipses. And he might have developed the method.

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HOW DID SOCIETY REACT?

SOCIETY WAS SHOCKED ABOUT HIS THOUGHT.
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WHAT HAPPEN TO HIM?

  • Hipparchus died on 120 BC
  • They think he died in rhodes.

THE END!!!

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