Peculiar Deaths: Of Famous Mathematicians

Legend says Hippasus was a follower of Pythagoras . He discovered irrational numbers (like the square root of 2), which shattered the Pythagorean belief that everything could be expressed as a ratio of whole numbers. According to lore, his fellow Pythagoreans were so outraged by this "heresy" that they threw him overboard while at sea. 📐 Archimedes (c. 287–212 BC)

During the Siege of Syracuse, a Roman soldier came across Archimedes while he was drawing geometric figures in the sand. Absorbed in his work, Archimedes reportedly told the soldier, "Do not disturb my circles". The soldier, enraged by the mathematician's refusal to follow orders, killed him on the spot . Peculiar Deaths of Famous Mathematicians

De Moivre is famous for probability theory . At 87, he noticed he was sleeping 15 minutes longer every night. He used an arithmetic progression to predict that once his sleep totaled 24 hours, he would die. On November 27, 1754, his calculation proved correct—he passed away on the exact day he predicted. ⚔️ Évariste Galois (1811–1832) Legend says Hippasus was a follower of Pythagoras