Please, help me with this Japanese caption
I'm reading a book (Le théorème du perroquet) and there was this caption in Japanese language, I'm curious about the meaning...

this is the caption: http://i.imgur.com/Ugu3v.jpg

Question

Please, help me with this Japanese caption
I'm reading a book (Le théorème du perroquet) and there was this caption in Japanese language, I'm curious about the meaning...

this is the caption: http://i.imgur.com/Ugu3v.jpg

Answer

I think the caption say like this.
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The (an?) old French scholar measures the hight of the glass pyramid of the Louvre Museum, which was designed by Ieoh Ming Pei, using the method that Thales, an ancient Greek philosopher, measured the height of the pyramids by thier shadows.
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I hope my English makes sense.