The lost works of an ancient Greek mathematician, Apollonius, have been discovered by scientists. Apollonius of Perga was known as "The Great Geometer," according to a Liberty University publication. ...
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Lost Works From Ancient Greek "Great Geometer" Discovered Among Hundreds Of Islamic Texts
When it comes to chronicling the past, it seems there are basically two ways discoveries are made: either they’re the result ...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—for mathematicians, anyway. Pi Day is Friday, March 14. The relatively new holiday is a celebration of the mathematical calculation pi, or the infinite number ...
Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...
A Classics student is trying to reconstruct the history of geometrical and mathematical diagrams by examining copies and translations of Elements, the ancient work of Greek mathematician Euclid.
PRIME numbers may have been studied for over 2000 years, but there is always something new to learn. A method for finding primes first devised by the ancient Greek mathematician Eratosthenes in 240 BC ...
From the Library of Alexandria to the lost works of Plato, the world is littered with ancient writings containing long-lost ...
Reviel Netz, an assistant professor of classics, might not have actually shouted "Eureka!" on a visit last year to the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, but that's what he was thinking. A scholar of ...
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