Diophantus of Alexandria revolutionized algebra with Arithmetica, pioneering symbolic notation and abstract number theory.

Archimedes (c. 287-212 BC) Archimedes was possibly the greatest mathematician of all time. He's best known for his contributions to our early understanding of physics by figuring out how levers ...

Archimedes was celebrated in his own time, as well as ours, for his practical applications of mathematics and physics. The screw that he invented still moves water uphill, and the catapults and ...

Around 250 B.C., the Greek mathematician Archimedes calculated the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. A precise determination of pi, as we know this ratio today, had long been of ...

This story appears in the March 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Technically it’s ancient technology. But now the two-millennia-old principle of the Greek mathematician Archimedes has ...

Archimedes was interested in the fact that ... NOVA: How did Georg Cantor's set theory refine mathematicians' thinking about infinity? Netz: Well, the essence of the calculus is that you deal ...

Although many sought to find it, the calculation of pi, which is also expressed by the fraction 22/7, is commonly credited to ...

Named for its inventor, the Greek mathematician Archimedes (237-212 BCE), the Archimedes screw is a device for raising water. Essentially, it is a large screw, open at both ends and encased lengthwise ...

Not only was he a fantastic mathematician and engineer but his ... DICK:Ladies and gentlemen, we give you, Archimedes. ARCHIMEDES:Why are you in his bath Dom? DICK:'Archimedes was a Greek guy ...

Named for its inventor, the Greek mathematician Archimedes (237-212 BCE), the Archimedes screw is a device for raising water. Essentially, it is a large screw, open at both ends and encased lengthwise ...