Scientific American spoke to Rojas about this history, the deeply engaging humanity of mathematics and the egos at play in defining the mathematical language we take for granted today.

The History of Mathematics Research Group studies the origins and development of mathematical ideas and methods from the beginnings of recorded history—in all societies and cultures. Research in this ...

origins of modern mathematics, analytic geometry, the history of calculus. Also covers the transition to the twentieth century and contemporary perspectives.

An equally important blow was struck by an Italian mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi in the 18th century. Agnesi was the first woman to write a mathematics textbook and to be appointed to a ...

The answer involves thousands of years of human history and some of the most famous ... The short answer is, it was math!' One slight problem: It's not exactly 18 years; it's more like 18 years ...

It is for all who care for the historical aspect of science; it is for all lovers of Greek, for mathematics is a true “Legacy of Greece,” and is interwoven through and through with Greek ...

This course is available with permission to General Course students. This course surveys the development of mathematics from the beginning of history with an emphasis on its relation with the ...