mathematics, ancient

Focuses on the early accounts of algebra, looking at Egyptian writings which influenced geometric algebra and evolved into quadratic algebra and examining how the Pythagorean theorem was derived from a Babylonian theorem.

Since ancient times, mathematicians labored for years of their lives to advance pi just a handful of decimal places. Even computers able to calculate pi to trillions of decimal places have yet to reveal pi's secrets, or find its limits.

Measurement, emperors and revolutionaries, scientists and founding fathers try and fail to impose orderly standards, yet in their own ways contribute to the realization of the dream of a single, worldwide system of measurement.

Chronicles the life and career of Archimedes, a mathematician, scientist and inventor.

Describes the life and work of the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes.

A biography of ancient Greek philosopher Democritus, who believed that all matter was made up of indivisible and indestructible particles called atoms moving around in a void.

A comprehensive evolution of the history of mathematics that discusses how ancient civilizations understood numbers and used them.

Traces the development of mathematics in eastern and western cultures from the time of the Greek and Roman empires to the thirteenth century.

Explores the development of mathematical knowledge in ancient Greece; and profiles the work of Pythagoras, Euclid, Archimedes, and Hypatia.