From 0 to Infinity in 26 Centuries (22 page)

Napier’s bones
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Newton, Isaac
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Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
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normal distribution
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number systems:

operators
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operators and symbols
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Oughtred, William
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paradoxes
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parallel postulate
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Pascal, Blaise
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Perelmann, Grigori
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perfect numbers
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pi
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Pirahã people
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Plato
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Platonic solids
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Poincaré Conjecture
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polyhedrons
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prime number theorem
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prime numbers
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Principia Mathematica
(Newton)
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probability
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Pythagoras
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Pythagorean triples
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quadratic equations
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Ramanujan, Srinvasa
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Recorde, Robert
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Renaissance and after
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Rhind Papyrus
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Riemann Hypothesis
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Romans
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SETI
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Shannon, Claude
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sheep
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Sierpi
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ski, Waclaw
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sine
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slide rule
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Socrates
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square roots
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standard deviation
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Sylvester II, Pope
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symbols and operators
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Tartaglia, Niccolò Fontana
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tetrahedral numbers
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Teutsche Algebra
(Rahn)
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Thales
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three-body problem
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triangles:

triangular numbers
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trigonometry
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trigrams
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triples
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turbulence, mathematics of
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Turing, Alan
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Turing test
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turning points
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Vitruvian Man
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weather
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weird numbers
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zero
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Zu Chongzhi
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