I remember my first course in Calculus. The maximum and minimum calculations are awe inspring in their power and simplicity. Took me a while to figure out how they worked, but once you get it, it seems incredibly simple and you wonder how you didn't see it before. Math is one of the most amazing tools we have.
New Archimedes writings discovered. Calculus existed in antiquity.
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jaguarbass
There is recorded history that says man was flying before the flood.
So they would have to know their math.
The Summerian text and the Indian Vedas.
History popped up in Summeria and man was advanced because the Gods from space
taught them.
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Elsewhere
As far as I can tell, the only difference between the ancient Greeks and us today is we have an understanding of electricity.
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Tuesday
As far as I can tell, the only difference between the ancient Greeks and us today is we have an understanding of electricity.
And we wear pants.
I took a class in college about history of mathematics, the egyptian method to find the surface of a circle was incredibly close to Pi and a hundred times easier. I was really impressed with their grasp on things. It just shows that we're not more developed than our ancestors, we've just had more time without a war that wipes out civilization.
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1914BS
A number is a value that you can imagine
An infitesimal is a value greater than zero that you can't imagine
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JustHuman14
There are many other things that we have. For istance the Kethera computer. A divice that shows the rotation of the stars and moon. Parthenon a masterpiece structure that still has a lot of mysteries...
Well in the film my Greek Fat Wedding, Mr. Portokalos said to Ian: "When we were writting history your anscestors were hanging over trees"!!!
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compound complex
Greetings, BTS:
For a delightful romp through Italy but not without some bittersweet stirrings of the heart and a considerable challenging of the mind, I recommend Young Archimedes, by Aldous Huxley.
http://kasmana.people.cofc.edu/MATHFICT/mfview.php?callnumber=mf95
CoCo
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BurnTheShips
Thanks CoCo.
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parakeet
I remember my history prof saying that one of the greatest historical puzzles is not why the industrial revolution occurred when it did, but rather why it didn't occur during the Greco/Roman era. They had all the knowledge and tools, yet .........