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Dates: during 1927-1927
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...Bridge of Asses," fifth proposition of Greek Geometrist Euclid (third century B. C.), showing that the sum of the squares of the sides of a right triangle equals the square of the hypotenuse, so-called because when it is reached by the average geometry class, asinine pupils stumble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Miscellaneous Mentions: Jan. 17, 1927 | 1/17/1927 | See Source »

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