"Ahmes, the Egyptian mathematician, was the first scholar in history to find a value close to PI. The same Ahmose was also the first mathematician in the world to achieve the squaring of the circle , a problem famous for centuries on end. In all objectivity, the history of science ought to acknowledge these facts."
P.433, AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY: THE PHARAONIC PERIOD 2780-330 BC, "Mathematics," by Dr. Theophile Obenga (2004)
Monday, June 26, 2017
AHMES
"Ahmes, the Egyptian mathematician, was the first scholar in history to find a value close to PI. The same Ahmose was also the first mathematician in the world to achieve the squaring of the circle , a problem famous for centuries on end. In all objectivity, the history of science ought to acknowledge these facts."
P.433, AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY: THE PHARAONIC PERIOD 2780-330 BC, "Mathematics," by Dr. Theophile Obenga (2004)