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Philolaus facts for kids
Philolaus (ca. 480 BC – ca. 385 BC, Greek: Φιλόλαος) was a Greek Pythagorean and Presocratic. He argued that all matter is composed of limited and unlimited things, and that the universe is determined by numbers. He is credited with originating the theory that the earth was not the center of the universe.
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Images for kids
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A page from Theorica Musicae (1492).
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Philolaus book, (Charles Peter Mason, 1870)
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Medieval woodcut by Franchino Gaffurio, depicting Pythagoras and Philolaus conducting musical investigations.