and included important concepts related to negative numbers, decimals,algebra and geometry. Greek mathematics developed around 7th century BC, producing important theories thanks to great mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Euclid and Archimedes. the study of mathematics as a "demonstrative discipline" began in the 6th century BC with the Pythagoreans, who coined the term "mathematics" from the ancient Greek μάθημα (mathema), meaning "subject of instruction".
Mathematicians and what they accomplished
William Playfair - inventor of charts James Maxwell - the first color photographer Alan Turing - World War II codebreaker Pierre-Simon Laplace - pioneer of statistics Thomas Bayes - advancer of statistics David Hilbert - the patron saint of math teachers Euclid of Alexandria - prover of math Isaac Newton - inventor of calculus Blaise Pascal - inventor of the first calculator Theodore von Kármán - the mind behind the helicopter and supersonic flight Daniel Bernoulli - built the foundations of aerodynamics
Fun Facts From 0 to 1000, the only number that has the letter “a” in it is “one thousand”. Every odd number has an “e” in it. -40 °C is equal to -40 °F.