Greek Mathematics
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| Science in India: History of mathematics: Indian Mathematicians ... Describes Indian mathematicians such as Aryabhatta - who modelled the solarsystem, Bhaskar, Varahamira, and others who made important contributions in the ... | |
| Chrysippus of Soli, Phoenician cofounder of Stoicism An essay about the life and thoughts of the philosopher. | |
| Indian Society for History of Mathematics The Society aims to promote study, teaching and education in history of mathematicalsciences. | |
| Egyptian Mathematical Papyri - Mathematicians of the African Diaspora Includes a description of each written document, as well as some sample problemsfrom the Rhind, Moscow and other papyri. These ancient written works were ... | |
| Highlights in the History of Algebra An overview look at the progress and hindering factors in the development ofalgebra in Egypt, Babylonia, Greece, India, the Arabian Penninsula, and Europe. | |
| Bette Veteto's Homepage History of Mathematics, very strong on geometry. | |
| Myths Versus Mathematics (Morgana's Observatory) Velikovsky's theory that some 3500 years ago, and again 700 years later, theearth was affected by the appearance in the sky of a giant comet which eventually ... | |
| Greek Mathematics and its Modern Heirs Library of Congress. Includes articles and original document images of earlyGreek contributions to the field. | |
| Daily Life Ancient Greece A friendly look at the daily routines and lifestyle of the ancient Greeks.Aimed mainly at the elementary education level with many resources for teachers and ... | |
| Ancient Greek Science and Technology Discusses early inventions, such as calculating devices, machines using gears,steam engines, war technology, and town planning. Some mathematicians included ... | |
| hack a day - www.hackaday.com _ A hardware hack every day. | |
| Washingtonpost.com: The Mystery Of The Aleph: Mathematics, the ... This article from the "Washington Post" covers the development of the concept ofinfinity, from the fifth to the second century BC, and includes the main ... | |
| History of Math Notes - Simon Fraser University Timeline for Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese, Indian, Arabic, and Europeanmathematical achievements. Includes summary of influences by important people in ... | |
| Ancient Greek Scientists: Xenocrates of Chalcedon Notes on his life and mathematical achievements. | |
| Foundations Study Guide: Ancient Greek Philosophy -- Objectivist ... A narrative study guide and bibliography covering ancient Greek thought writtenby George Brakas. | |
| Mathematics Magazine Monthly publication offering math help, list of competitions, and links. | |
| Zero in Four Dimensions A paper discussing the historical, psychological, cultural, and logical perspectivesof the number zero. | |
| Thales of Miletus A meticulous biography with reference to various ancient testimonia concerningthis philosopher. | |
| Mathematical Masterpieces: Teaching with Original Sources Offers insights on how to teach through original sources, such as Euclid's elements. | |
| Renaissance Mathematics Discusses the technological, commercial and political reasons for the increasein mathematical development during this period. | |
| Rollins College Founded in 1885, a liberal arts institution and the oldest recognized college inFlorida. | |
| MPKC 2003: Mathematics of Public-Key Cryptography Workshop on the mathematics of public-key cryptography. University of Illinois,Chicago, IL, USA; 7--9 November 2003. | |
| People In The History Of Astronomy Short biographies of Pythagoras, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton,Halley, Einstein, and Hawking. | |
| The Beauty of Mathematics Devoted to fascinating mathematics, addressed to the general reader. | |
| Thales of Miletus Illustrated article by Don Allen with an emphasis on Thales' geometrical achievements. | |
| Calculator City: A Web Resource for Mathematics: Algebra, Geometry ... Includes tools to solve equations like Includes calculators for velocity, density,financial, geometry, algebra, calculus, astronomy, chemistry, ... | |
| Main Game Page Mathematical games from a logical point of view: strategies for games and usinggames in descriptive complexity. | |
| Introduction to the works of Euclid With an Emphasis on the Elements. By Donald Lancon, Jr. (student). | |
| MacTutor History of Mathematics: Anaxagoras Article discussing the astronomical ideas of this ancient thinker, with links toarticles on related thinkers. | |
| Calculus history The main ideas of calculus developed over a very long period of time. Read aboutsome of the mathematicians who contributed to this field of mathematics. | |
| Thales of Miletus (634-546 BC) -- from Eric Weisstein's World of ... Short article on Thales, emphasizing his mathematical and scientific achievements.Includes link to an article on Thales' Theorem. | |
| World History Compass, Ancient Greek History Links to sites and resources for Ancient Greece civilization. | |
| Math and Magick Links, definitions, and descriptions of math's relation to magic. Research dealsmainly in ceremonial magick. | |
| 10.12. Zeno of Elea (495?-435? BC) Reviews the legacy and what is known of the life of this Presocratic thinker.Summarizes Zeno's four most famous paradoxes. | |
| Galileo and Einstein: Lecture Index Full lecture notes from an introductory course taught at U of Virginia. | |
| Florence Nightingale Biography highlighting her contributions to mathematics. | |
| History of geology--Biruni Biography of al-Biruni, with an assessment of his contribution to the study ofgeology; includes a list of his writings, and links. | |
| Archimedes' Approximation of Pi Describes the method introduced by Archimedes for aproximating Pi. | |
| High School Hub Academic resources for high school students and teachers. | |
| Ancient Greece Resources for 6th Grade Social Studies Collection of links geared toward middle school students. | |
| Free Books from Samizdat Press Free distribution of books, lecture notes and software. | |
| Latin and Greek Authors on the Web Listings of websites and webpages that are devoted to a particular Latin or Greekauthor, including texts. | |
| Nikos A. Lorentzos Agricultural University of Athens - Data modelling, temporal databases, spatialdatabase systems, image processing. | |
| Archytas Life and work of fourth century BC Greek mathematician, political leader andphilosopher, by Carl Huffman. | |
| Living Graphs Home - Educational Science Software - Chemistry ... Makers of educational software such as Newton's Aquarium. Company profile, productinformation, including beta program details. | |
| Indian and Islamic philosophy Article by Alan Woods which reviews the historic development of these twotraditions, making a Marxist distinction between progressive and regressive elements. | |
| Greek and Coptic language fonts Greek and Coptic language font links and encoding information, compiled by Luc Devroye. | |
| CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gasparo Contarini Venetian statesman and cardinal, born 16 October, 1483, of an ancient and noblefamily in Venice; died at Bologna, 24 August, 1542. | |