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Mathematicians
Often, to completely understand the importance of a mathematical theory, it's essential to know about the person who developed it. This category is where all questions about historically significant mathematicians should be asked.
6,570 Questions
Why did Archimedes run through the streets shouting eureka?
"When it comes to food, what do Australians eat?"
What fraction of a month is 20 days Give all 3 possible answers in an ordinary year?
20/28, 20/30 and 20/31. The first two fractions can be simplified.
He wasn't Christian, because he lived 300 years before Christ... Not much is known about Euclid's personal life. His religious affiliation is unknown.
How many 2 inch square tiles will it take to cover a 3 foot by 9 foot area?
972
Get a thousand, just in case.
Contributions of apollonius of perga to greek mathematics?
ummm . well he is real sexy n he has a realll big *#*#*
What is the difference between conveniently and convenience?
Conveniently is an adverb meaning in a way that is ideal or not difficult. A convenience is a noun meaning an ideal quality or situation.
How was Hippocrates child hood?
Hippocrates was born around 460 BC in Cos, an island in Greece. According to Sonarus of Ephesus, Hippocrates was the son of Heraclides, who was a physician and his mother Praxitela was the daughter of Tizane. Sonarus writes that Hippocrates acquired knowledge of medicine from his grandfather and father and that he gained knowledge about other subjects from Gorgias ad Democritus. Hippocrates received his training at the asklepieion of Kos, and he also took lessons from the Thracian physician Herodicus of Selymbria
What is the translation of the Arabic phrase 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'?
Rubaiyat is a book written by Omar Khayyam in the medievel period in the Arabic region and "Rubaiyat" is the tittle given to that book.
11 of them because over 5 days: 11+18+25+32+39 = 125
Did Aristotle think the study of communication to be rhetoric?
The study of communication wasn't conceived until the early to mid 1900s. Aristotle believed that rhetoric was more of an essential to lawyers and politicians in order to achieve a successful democracy. Rhetoric is more of a sub-discipline of communication if anything.
How did Omar khayyam get famous?
Omer Khayyam was a great poet and a prominent mathematician of the Islamic world. Bertrand Russell remarked about him with the following. "Omer Khayyam is the only man known to me who was both a poet and a mathematician".
Where can you find a biography of Teddy Roosevelt?
Start with your local library. Failing that, you can order books online. There are many biographies of Theodore Roosevelt available, dealing with various aspects of his life. Here are some popular titles: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough T.R. by H.W. Brands A Strenuous Life by Kathleen Dalton Roosevelt also wrote an autobiography.
How do you count to ten in Russian?
1-odin (adín)
2-dva
3-tree
4-chetiirii
5-pyati (pyatch)
6-shest (shestch)
7-syem
8-vosyem (vósyem)
9-devyat (dyévet)
10-desyat (dyéset)
Is it good to be mean to a computer?
Computers, electronic or mechanical, are machines and don't have the ability to understand being mean. In fact they don't have any understanding at all. They are just machines. You can type anything on the keyboard or say anything into a microphone. If it is programmed to interpret that input and act on it, it will do so. Otherwise nothing will happen or you may have an error condition.
As shown the the feature film "Hidden Figures", before the popular use of digital (or analog) computers, people were hired to perform complex calculations manually or with the help of mechanical calculators. These people computed results from mathematical problems and they were referred to as computers. Being mean to them may have resulted in some sort of negative response.
What is the Hippocrates humoral theory?
Hippocrates believed that the human body was controlled by four humors, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile and blood. Illnesses were caused by an imbalance of the humors.
