Early Greek mathematician Thymaridas of Paros linked number theory, cosmic harmony, and linear equations, pioneering algebraic thinking.

Many Ancient Greek inventions, created many centuries ago, still play an incredibly large role in our daily lives today.

Add zero and one to get one, one and one to get two, one and two to get three, two and three to get five. Most of us know ...

Ancient Greece remains one of the most influential civilizations in history, shaping the foundations of Western culture, politics, and science. In this video, we explore the rise of city-states like ...

Schiefsky discovered evidence from early Greek writings that craftspeople in the 5th century B.C. used steelyards in the agora, or marketplace : People assume that Archimedes was the first to use ...

It was an abstract concept not known elsewhere at the time. “Ancient Greek astronomers and mathematicians didn’t make plots of something against time,” Ossendrijver said.

Mathematicians Found a Way to Simplify an Ancient Greek Geometry Problem “Squaring the circle,” or constructing a square with the same area as a given circle with just a compass and a ...