“History of Mathematics” is a fascinating starting point for learning about the origins of the mathematical concepts that so many of us use every day but often take for granted.
Among the highlights: The oldest known surviving calculating device, the Salamis Tablet, is a marble counting board from the Greek island of Salamis dating to 300 B.C. It’s a precursor to the abacus. By moving pebbles across the board, a person could perform calculations. An early documented instance of using a symbol for “zero” as a placeholder appears in the Bakhshali Manuscript, an Indian text dating to perhaps as early as A.D. 300.
Some mathematical principles must have been so vital to civilization’s success that they appeared in many ancient cultures. Take the Pythagorean theorem. The Greek philosopher Pythagoras, who lived in the sixth century B.C., famously related the side lengths of a right triangle in the equation a
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