5/15/13 Aryabhata - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Aryabhata From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Aryabhata (Sanskrit: आयभट listen; IAST: Āryabhaṭa) or Aryabhata I[1][2] (476–550 CE)[3][4] was the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His works include the Āryabhaṭīya (499 CE‚ when he was 23 years old)[5] and the Arya-siddhanta. The works of Aryabhata dealt with mainly mathematics and astronomy. He also
Premium History of astronomy Heliocentrism
Euclid and His Contributions to Mathematics Euclid was an ancient Greek mathematician from Alexandria who is best known for his major work‚ Elements. Although little is known about Euclid the man‚ he taught in a school that he founded in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ around 300 b.c.e. For his major study‚ Elements‚ Euclid collected the work of many mathematicians who preceded him. Among these were Hippocrates of Chios‚ Theudius‚ Theaetetus‚ and Eudoxus. Euclid ’s vital contribution was to gather
Premium Euclid Mathematics Geometry
Aryabhata (IAST: Āryabhaṭa; Sanskrit: आर्यभटः) (476–550 CE) was the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His most famous works are the Aryabhatiya (499 CE‚ when he was 23 years old) and the Arya-siddhanta. Biography Name While there is a tendency to misspell his name as "Aryabhatta" by analogy with other names having the "bhatta" suffix‚ his name is properly spelled Aryabhata: every astronomical text spells
Premium
Geometry in everyday life Geometry was thoroughly organized in about 300bc‚ when the Greek mathematician‚ Euclid gathered what was known at the time; added original work of his own and arranged 465 propositions into 13 books‚ called Elements. Geometry was recognized to be not just for mathematicians. Anyone can benefit from the basic learning of geometry‚ which is to follow the lines reasoning. Geometry is one of the oldest sciences and is concerned with questions of shape‚ size and relative
Premium Mathematics
There" (or "Alice in the World behind the looking-glass") already became long ago property of world culture. the founder of these fairy tales‚ Charlz Lyutvidzh Dodzhson acting in literature under a name of Lewis Carroll‚ was the professional mathematician who was much reflecting over various aspects of mathematics and problems adjacent to it which in the middle of the last century weren’t
Premium Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
the Zermelo–Fraenkel axioms. The most basic properties are that a set has elements‚ and that two sets are equal (one and the same) if and only if every element of one is an element of the other. 2.Who is Venn Diagram? Answer: John Venn John Venn was a mathematician remembered best for his contributions to the study of mathematical logic and probability. Venn was born in England in 1834‚ and studied at Cambridge University until 1857. He was ordained as a priest in 1859‚ and served as a curate for a year before
Premium Mathematics Venn diagram Logic
CHAPTER 2 BINARY CODE 2.1 History of Binary Code: Binary numbers were first described in Chandashutram written by Pingala around 300 B.C. Binary Code was first introduced by the English mathematician and philosopher Eugene Paul Curtis during the 17th century. Curtis was trying to find a system that converts logic’s verbal statements into a pure mathematical one. After his ideas were ignored‚ he came across a classic Chinese text called I Ching or Book of Changes‚ which used a type of binary code
Premium Binary numeral system Hexadecimal Decimal
The Greek mind is something so brilliant and historic that it is mainly talked about in past tenses. Deep thinkers derived from scarce resources and immense intelligence have poetically spread knowledge over centuries‚ one pupil after another. The Greeks are so important because they took thinking and everyday life problems and created meaning from the unknown; before there was a Google or internet to readily extinguish ignorance with the push of a button. Foremost‚ all things mentioned above are
Premium Ancient Greece Plato Philosophy
Eastern world was far more advanced‚ just as it had been in the time of Charlemagne. To discover modern finance‚ Europe needed to import it. In this‚ a young mathematician called Leonardo of Pisa‚ or Fibonacci played a crucial role. Leonardo Fibonacci also known as Leonardo Pisano‚ Leonardo of Pisa‚ was the greatest European mathematician of the middle ages. He was born in Pisa in Italy circa 1170 and died sometime after 1240. Leonardo’s father‚ Gugliemo‚ was a customs official and engaged in commerce
Premium Italy Number
Dr. Chandra Prescod-Weinstein is the 63rd African-American woman to attain a doctorate in physics‚ and specializes in theoretical physics. Upon further reading‚ about Dr. Prescod-Weinstein‚ it begged the question--What are astrophysicists‚ and why are there a small number of African-American women for who attain PhDs in STEM (Science‚ Technology‚ Engineering‚ and Mathematics) related fields? Both globally and domestically‚ there are major differences in girls educated in STEM. Girls in STEM
Premium Education Gender Teacher