Tag: math

Why Does the West Use Arabic Numerals?

Why does the western world, who are proudly descended from the Romans, use...

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Order of Operations: PEMDAS (Now called GEMDAS)

In mathematics and computer programming, the order of operations is a colle...

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Making sense of irrational numbers

Like many heroes of Greek myths, the philosopher Hippasus was rumored to ha...

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Why can't you divide by zero?

In the world of math, many strange results are possible when we change the...

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How big is infinity?

Using the fundamentals of set theory, explore the mind-bending concept of t...

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Is math discovered or invented?

Explore some of the most famous arguments in the ancient debate: is math a...

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Why Leonardo da Vinci was a Scientist, not an Artist

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissa...

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The Secret Side of Sir Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton PRS was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, a...

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