www.theguardian.com1 month agoWritingReaders reply: Who invented mathematics?Euclid was pivotal in organizing mathematics into an axiomatic system, extending its scope beyond mere numbers. [ more ]
www.scientificamerican.com3 months agoData scienceHow a Secret Society Discovered Irrational NumbersHippasus, a Pythagorean scholar, discovered irrational numbers, challenging the sect's belief in rational numbers within geometric shapes such as the pentagram. [ more ]