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  1. History of science (41710 bytes)
    27: ...ons]] to develop and more time to be devoted to tasks other than survival, such as the search for know...
    54: ...o what is now called an [[algorithm]]; the word [[algebra]] is derived from ''al-jabr'', the beginning of t...
    89: ...[[alchemy]] by [[Robert Boyle]] in his work ''The Skeptical Chymist'' ([[1661]]), but is often more st...
    140: ...Jones (philologist)|Sir William Jones]] that [[Sanskrit]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Greek langu...
    142: ...ifferences between various languages. [[Noam Chomsky]] further diversified linguistics in the [[1950s...
  2. Mathematics (24164 bytes)
    33: ...to the study of structure, space and change (i.e. algebra, geometry and analysis). In addition to these th...
    35: ...ized to [[vector space]]s and studied in [[linear algebra]], belongs to the two branches of structure and s...
    37: ...th function|smoothness]], and direction, while in algebraic geometry geometrical objects are described as s...
    77: ...ra]] – [[Graph theory]] – [[Universal algebra]] – [[Category theory]] – [[Order the...
    88: ...] – [[Algebraic topology]] – [[Linear algebra]] – [[Fractal geometry]]
  3. Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
    11: ...e started [[drawing]] and [[painting]]. His early sketches were of such quality that his father soon s...
    39: ... According to his wish, 60 beggars followed his casket. He was buried in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert i...
    47: ...lanned grandiose paintings with many drawings and sketches, only to leave the projects unfinished. For...
    62: ...lerani with an Ermine]]'' (1488-90) - ''[[Czartoryski Museum]]'', [[Krakow]], Poland
    87: ... able to represent exceptionally well the human [[skull]] and cross-sections of the [[brain]] ([[trans...
  4. Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
    14: ...e]] and [[René Descartes]], was based on extreme skepticism, and inquiry into the nature of "knowledg...
    16: ...fied the central concept of the Enlightenment and sketched its theoretical program" (Cassirer 1979: 12...
    33: ...tural philosophy that espoused the application of algebra to the study of nature, and the discoveries broug...
    70: ... prominence came from a systematic application of algebra to geometry, and synthesizing a workable [[calcul...
    97: *[[Algebra]]
  5. Computer (32773 bytes)
    12: ... that information are reduced to simple [[Boolean algebra]].
    44: **[[Desktop computer]]
    67: ...r implementing arithmetic functions and [[Boolean algebra|logic operation]]s.
    70: ... which can be used to represent various [[Boolean algebra|logic operation]]s.
    100: ...mmed with a set of instructions specific to the task they are required to perform and these instructio...
  6. Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
    59: ...mbers. In another, she wrote about a generalized algebra engine that could perform operations on symbols a...
    72: ... development was instead given to [[Friedrich Kasiski]], who made the same discovery some years after ...
  7. James Cook (14770 bytes)
    8: ...rigonometry]], [[navigation]], and [[astronomy]], skills he would need one day to command his own ship...
    12: ... the [[Plains of Abraham]]. Cook's [[surveying]] skills were put to good use in the [[1760s]] mapping...
    14: ...anship]], his superior surveying and cartographic skills, courage in exploring dangerous locations to ...
    49: ...g what came to be known as [[Cook Inlet]] in [[Alaska]].
    53: ...f Hawaiians gathered on the beach. In the ensuing skirmish, shots were fired at the Hawaiians and Cook...
  8. Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
    1: ...sian coordinate system used in plane geometry and algebra.
    6: ...ounded [[analytic geometry]], that bridge between algebra and geometry crucial to the invention of the [[ca...
    30: ...nly used for unbaptized infants in [[Adolf Fredrikskyrkan]] in Stockholm. Later, his remains were take...
    35: ...this, he employs a method called [[methodological skepticism]]: he doubts any idea that can be doubted...
  9. Persian Empire (26229 bytes)
    1: ...r [[Reza Pahlavi]], [[Shah]] of Persia, formally asked the international community to call the country...
    4: ...], [[1935]], when [[Reza Shah Pahlavi]] formally asked the international community to call the country...
    79: ...ww.math.umd.edu/~czorn/hist_algebra.pdf Father of Algebra]. He, along with hundreds of other prominent scho...
    98: ...0 people so that he could build towers with their skulls. He conquered a wide area and made his own c...
    129: ...est. The second-to-last Shah, [[Reza Pahlavi]], asked the world to call the country Iran in [[1935]],...
  10. Ancient Indian science and technology (21581 bytes)
    9: ...cepts of [[0 (number)|zero]], the techniques of [[algebra]] and [[algorithm]], [[square root]] and [[cube r...
    17: *Shipbuilding & navigation � [[Sanskrit]] and [[Pali]] texts have several references t...
    24: ...tical concepts, including [[0 (number)|zero]], [[algebra]] and [[algorithm]], [[square root]] and [[cube r...
    30: ...bra. In [[1816]], [[James Taylor]] translated Bhaskaracharya�s ''Leelavati'' into English. Another...
    34: [[Bhaskara]], followed by [[Madhava]] and other mathemati...
  11. History of science in the Middle Ages (30877 bytes)
    165: ... [[Egypt]] and the [[Byzantine Empire]], and [[Sanskrit]] texts from [[Indian mathematics|India]], pro...
    167: ...what we now call an [[algorithm]], and the word [[algebra]] is derived from ''al-jabr'', the beginning of t...
    172: ...ekshavad''". The literal translation of this [[Sanskrit]] word is "''theory of relativity''" (not to b...
    176: ...]] tables, and techniques and [[algorithm]]s of [[algebra]]. [[Arabic]] translations of his texts were avai...
    180: ...was a mathematical astronomy text written by [[Bhaskara]] in the [[12th century]]. The 12 chapters of ...
  12. Timeline of Middle Eastern History (12425 bytes)
    149: * [[Algebra]] developed in the Middle East
  13. Golden Ratio (15928 bytes)
    40: For those who struggle with algebra but can at least handle the idea of fractions of ...
    115: ...the root of a [[polynomial equation]], it is an [[algebraic number]]. It can be shown that φ is an [[ir...
    134: ...theorem]]. It is also the fundamental unit of the algebraic number field <math>\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{5})</math> ...
  14. Integer (6458 bytes)
    3: == Algebraic properties ==
    24: In the language of [[abstract algebra]], the first five properties listed above for add...
    32: Again, in the language of abstract algebra, the above says that '''Z''' is a [[Euclidean dom...
    40: The ordering of integers is compatible with the algebraic operations in the following way:
  15. Number (4151 bytes)
    19: ... [[complex number]]s '''C''', which leads to an [[algebraically closed field]] in which every polynomial wi...
    24: ...umber]]s, and those complex numbers which are not algebraic are called [[transcendental number|transcendent...
    27: ...us leaving the category of associative [[division algebra]]s.
    31: ...f [[function field]]s of finite [[characteristic (algebra)|characteristic]] behave in some ways like number...
    43: ...tains the [[group (mathematics)|group]]s, [[ring (algebra)|ring]]s and [[field (mathematics)|field]]s.

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