Greek mathematics is considered one of the great intellectual achievements of antiquity. It has been decisive to the academic and cultural development of Western civilization. The three Roman authors ...
Without the scholars of the Islamic Golden Age, who translated Ancient Greek, it is likely that ancient knowledge would now ...
Carl Sagan explained the thought process of the ancient Greek scientist Eratosthenes, who determined the circumference of the ...
Many people find complex math puzzling, including some mathematicians. Recently, a mathematician has found solutions to a puzzle that has been around for centuries. They have found a way to generate ...
What does it mean, when a bank takes a 21% haircut on its Greek debt? With the release of Deutsche Bank’s (DB) results yesterday we have an interesting case in point: the bank took an impairment ...
Mathematics in Mesopotamia : Where did mathematics begin? ; Political history in Mesopotamia ; The number symbols ; Arithmetic operations ; Babylonian algebra ; Babylonian geometry ; The uses of ...