Archytas of Tarentumwas a Greek mathematician of the Pythagorean school who formulated the harmonic mean and was the first to integrate mathematics and mechanics. He also developed an ingenious geometric solution for the ancient Greek problem of...

Archytas of Tarentum(C. 425 Bce—C. 350 Bce) Archytas of Tarentum was active in the first half of the fourth century BCE as a mathematician and a philosopher in the Pythagorean tradition. He is famous for having sent a ship in 361 BCE to rescue...

c. 428-350? B.C. Greek Mathematician His achievements as a mathematician by themselves give Archytas of Tarentum distinction: not only was he first to integrate mathematics and mechanics, but he formulated the harmonic mean as a method for solving the...

fl. c. 428-350 B.C. Greek mathematician and philosopher who applied mathematical theory to the study of music, geometry, and astronomy. Archytas was born in Tarentum, an area of southern Italy that was, at the time, under Greek control. He was a...

For the lunar crater, see Archytas (crater). Archytas (Greek: Αρχύτας; 428 BC – 347 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, statesman, and strategist. Archytas was born in Tarentum, Magna Graecia (now Italy) and was...