Mathematician:Hippocrates of Chios

Mathematician, geometer and astronomer.

The first to write a systematic textbook on geometry, Elements of Geometry, only a fragment of which survives.

Invented the technique of 'reduction', that is, transforming a mathematical problem into a more general, easily solvable one.

May have been a pupil of Oenopides. Not to be confused with his approximate contemporary Hippocrates of Cos, the famous doctor.

Nationality
Greek

History

 * Born: c. 470 B.C.E., Isle of Chios
 * Died: c. 410 B.C.E.

Theorems and Definitions

 * Lune of Hippocrates

Publications

 * Elements of Geometry