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3000 BCE
Ancient Mathematicians: Egyptians and Babylonians
developed early arithmetic and geometry to solve everyday problems like measuring land and keeping track of trade. -
2000 BCE
Ancient Mathematicians: Babylonians
Babylonians invented a number system based on 60, which we still use for time (60 seconds, 60 minutes) -
1650 BCE
Ancient Mathematics: Egyptians
The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (Egypt) recorded some of the first math problems and solutions -
1200 BCE
Medieval Mathematician: Fibonacci
Fibonacci introduced the Hindu-Arabic numeral system (0-9) to Europe and the Fibonacci sequence -
800 BCE
Medieval Mathematician: Al- Khwarizmi
Al-Khwarizmi (Persian mathematician) wrote a book about solving equations, which introduced **algebra -
598 BCE
Classical Mathematics: Pythagoras
(Greek mathematician) explored numbers and created the Pythagorean theorem for right triangles -
500 BCE
Medieval Mathematics: Indian Mathematicians
Indian Mathematicians developed the concept of zero as a number. -
300 BCE
Classical Mathematician: Euclid
Euclid the Greek mathematician, wrote The Elements, a book organizing geometry and math concepts still used today. -
248 BCE
Classical Mathematics: Archimedes
Archimedes the Greek mathematician, worked on calculating areas, volumes, and even an early concept of pi -
Renaissance Mathematics: Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes combined algebra and geometry to create the Cartesian coordinate system (graphing with x and y) -
Renaissance Mathematics: Issac Newton and Gottfried Liebniz
Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz developed calculus independently, used to study change over time -
Modern Mathematics: Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss worked on advanced number theory, which helps with cryptography today -
Modern Mathematics: Alan Turing
Alan Turing created early concepts of computers, based on mathematical logic -
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