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Maths Epic Fails

A photo of Claudius Ptolemäus. — Claudius Ptolemäus.
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Ptolemy’s Geocentric Model

Ptolemy, a mathematician famous for his wrong model.

A staute of Aryabhata with one of his fingers pointing to the front. — Statue of Aryabhata.
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Aryabhatiya of Aryabhata

Even the wise are not free from error: Aryabhata, a 5-6^th century Indian mathematician, made a silly mistake in his book Aryabhatiya; he defined the square incorrectly.