Nothing new under the sun : the sage pythagoras

天下无新事哲人毕达哥拉斯

Pythagoras is best known for the theorem that bears his name , but it was discovered much earlier in mesopotamia .

毕达哥拉斯最出名的是与他同名的定理，不过这个定理其实是被美索不达米亚人更早发现。

Wilson is , in effect , striding around with a ruler , measuring triangles to see whether pythagoras got it right .

而实际上，威尔逊正在大无畏地用一把尺子就想来测量三角形，以此检验毕达哥拉斯定理的正确性。

Dr kennedy said the key to unlocking the code came from the 12 notes of the greek musical scale , which he said was popular among followers of pythagoras .

肯尼迪博士说，解开密码的关键是来自于希腊音阶的12个音符，他所提到的曾在毕达哥拉斯的追随者之间流行。

Pythagoras of samos was a 6th century bc mystic sage who believed that numbers are behind everything in the universe - and that cosmic events recur identically over a cycle of 10800 years .

来自萨摩岛的毕达哥拉斯是公元前6世纪的一位神秘主义哲人，他认为数是万物的本质，宇宙中的所有事件每隔10800年就会循环重复一次。