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          Hipparchus full name

        1. Hipparchus full name
        2. Hipparchus early life
        3. How did hippasus die
        4. What did hipparchus discover
        5. When was hipparchus born and died

          6. How did hippasus die.

          Hippasus

          5th-century BC Pythagorean philosopher

          This article is about the Greek philosopher. For the mythological characters called Hippasus, see Hippasus (mythology).

          Hippasus of Metapontum (; Ancient Greek: Ἵππασος ὁ Μεταποντῖνος, Híppasos; c.

          530 – c.

          When was hipparchus born

          450 BC)[1] was a Greekphilosopher and early follower of Pythagoras.[2][3] Little is known about his life or his beliefs, but he is sometimes credited with the discovery of the existence of irrational numbers.

          The discovery of irrational numbers is said to have been shocking to the Pythagoreans, and Hippasus is supposed to have drowned at sea, apparently as a punishment from the gods for divulging this and crediting it to himself instead of Pythagoras which was the norm in Pythagorean society.

          However, the few ancient sources who describe this story either do not mention Hippasus by name (e.g. Pappus)[4] or alternatively tell that Hippasus drowned because he revealed how to construct