Talk:Gauss's Pythagorean right triangle proposal/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Eric Corbett (talk · contribs) 17:03, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Comments to follow over the next day or so.

Lead
 * "... with exact details of the proposal set out, the specificity of detail ..." What's the difference between "exact details" and "specificity of detail"?


 * "Although credited in numerous sources as originating with Gauss, with exact details of the proposal set out, the specificity of detail, and even whether Gauss made the proposal, have been called into question." Something seriously wrong with that sentence, partly because of that linking "with", which means the beginning doesn't match the end.


 * "Nevertheless, Gauss's writings reveal a belief and interest in finding a method to contact extraterrestrial life". Doesn't really make sense to say "Gauss's writings reveal a belief ... in finding a method to contact extraterrestrial life".

Proposal
 * What's the background to this proposal? Is it the first proposed attempt to communicate with extraterrestrials?


 * "Carl Friedrich Gauss is credited with an 1820 proposal ..." Where did this proposal appear in 1820, and if we can't be sure who it came from how can we be sure that it first appeared in 1820?


 * How big was this "vast" design intended to be? At the size proposed, would it actually have been visible from the Moon or Mars?

As there has been no response to this review I am closing it as "not listed". Eric  Corbett  20:31, 30 June 2013 (UTC)