Eupalinus of Megara

Greek engineer

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In mathematics: The pre-Euclidean period
…6th century bce the engineer Eupalinus of Megara directed an aqueduct through a mountain on the island of Samos, and historians still debate how he did it. In a further indication of the practical aspects of early Greek mathematics, Plato describes in his Laws how the Egyptians drilled their children…
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