Mathematics didn’t arise complete and finished through the work of just one mathematician; it has a cultural history that spans many years. For centuries we’ve been looking at the sky or ...

Math’s history tracks to that of civilization. As human societies became more complex, so did mathematics, which helped our ancestors keep tabs on things such as livestock, debts and time.

That’s one lesson I took from “History of Mathematics,” an online exhibit developed by the National Museum of Mathematics in New York City and Wolfram Research, a computational technology ...

Today, people use complex computing networks to search for prime numbers with millions of digits. But early mathematicians were running these calculations by hand.

Id: 001223 Credits Min: 3 Credits Max: 3 Description. Examines ancient numeral systems, Babylonian and Egyptian mathematics, Pythagorean mathematics, duplication, trisection, and quadrature, Euclid's ...

We have two professors specializing in the History of Mathematics: Dr. Tom Archibald who specializes in mathematics since the 17th century, and Dr. Len Berggren, who focuses on ancient and medieval ...

In 1843, William Rowan Hamilton had a four-dimensional flash of insight that still shapes our three-dimensional world. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...