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Re:Pythagorean Theorem proof in a 2100 year old Chinese book by tiatia on Saturday March 25, 2017 @02:08AM (#13954326)
"medieval Arab scientists"

Ibn_al-Haytham was one of the inventors of the "scientific method". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Haytham

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Re:Pythagorean Theorem proof in a 2100 year old Chinese book by microcolonel on Saturday March 25, 2017 @11:03AM (#13955990)
At least as far as is quoted on that Wikipedia article, he gives a description of basic rigor, not the scientific method.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/The_Scie...

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