Math – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Wed, 06 May 2026 17:45:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Math – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Counting Beyond the Mind: The Abacus and the Origins of Calculation https://brewminate.com/counting-beyond-mind-abacus-early-calculation/ Thu, 07 May 2026 14:02:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=272925 The abacus turned calculation into a visible, tactile practice, helping ancient and modern users organize number beyond memory

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]]> Logarithms and Slide Rules: How Calculation Accelerated Human Reasoning https://brewminate.com/logarithms-slide-rules-human-reasoning/ Thu, 07 May 2026 14:01:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=272938 Logarithms and slide rules transformed calculation into fast, physical reasoning, helping engineers and scientists think with speed, scale,

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]]> Ratios and Infinite Possibilities: Euclid’s Fifth Postulate in Ancient Greek Mathematics https://brewminate.com/ratios-and-infinite-possibilities-euclids-fifth-postulate-in-ancient-greek-mathematics/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:42:25 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=237590 Mesopotamians knew the theorem probably a full millennium earlier. By Dr. Jesús Pedro Zamora BonillaProfessor of Philosophy of

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]]> The Mathematical Cultures of Medieval Europe https://brewminate.com/the-mathematical-cultures-of-medieval-europe/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:38:18 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=248472 Laying the groundwork for the explosion of mathematical knowledge. By Dr. Victor Joseph KatzProfessor of Mathematics EmeritusUniversity of

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]]> Mathematical Instruments Commonly Used among the Ottomans since the Classical Period https://brewminate.com/mathematical-instruments-commonly-used-among-the-ottomans-since-the-classical-period/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:37:31 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=228789 They needed to reform their education system to keep up with Western rivals. By Dr. Irem Aslan SeyhanDepartment

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]]> Simone and Andre Weil: The Mystic and the Mathematician in the Mid-20th Century https://brewminate.com/simone-and-andre-weil-the-mystic-and-the-mathematician-in-the-mid-20th-century/ Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:00:41 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=241087 André Weil was a mathematician. His sister Simone Weil was a philosopher. By Dr. Scott TaylorProfessor of MathematicsColby

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]]> Keeping Count: Prehistoric and Ancient Numeral Systems https://brewminate.com/keeping-count-prehistoric-and-ancient-numeral-systems/ Wed, 22 May 2024 14:17:58 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=234426 The earliest known writing for record keeping emerged from a system of accounting that used small clay tokens.

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]]> Circumference and Diameter: A History of Pi from Antiquity to the Modern World https://brewminate.com/circumference-and-diameter-a-history-of-pi-from-antiquity-to-the-modern-world/ Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:26:55 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=226747 The calculation of π was revolutionized by the development of infinite series techniques in the 16th and 17th

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]]> Units of Measurement: Pi in the Ancient Egyptian Rhind Mathematical Papyrus https://brewminate.com/units-of-measurement-pi-in-the-ancient-egyptian-rhind-mathematical-papyrus/ Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:26:36 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=226781 The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus dates to the Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt. Introduction The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (RMP; also

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]]> Archimedes to ENIAC: A History of the Search for the Value of Pi https://brewminate.com/archimedes-to-eniac-a-history-of-the-search-for-the-value-of-pi/ Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:26:18 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=226794 A look at the history of calculating the actual, and increasingly exact, value of pi (π). By Dr.

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