Lyon, France, was a bustling city in the late sixteenth century. It was a hub for commerce, banking, and intellectual discourse. And it was here, in 1591, that Gérard Desargues was born into a prominent family. His father, Étienne Desargues, was a magistrate and a city official, which meant that young Gérard grew up in an environment surrounded by influential
What do rabbits, nature’s cutest fluffballs, have to do with one of the most famous patterns in mathematics? Well, imagine this: a single pair of rabbits start multiplying—just two at first, but soon, the field is hopping with Rabbit DeNiros, Luke Skyhoppers, Marilyn Bun-roes, and Jessicas. Before you know it, you’re asking yourself: How many rabbits are there?’ And boom—you’ve
Francois Viète’s cryptanalysis marked a turning point in the French Wars of Religion, but his genius methods weren’t as complex as one might think.
Omar Khayyam was an interdisciplinary thinker. He was a mathematician, a philosopher, a political advisor, and a famous poet. This is his story.
The Greek philosopher Aristotle was born in 384 BCE. The Italian philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225. Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564. Between the three of them, there is a story that spans almost 2000 years. That story is known as the Galileo Affair.
Now that Pi day is over, I have only one question: Where did the decimal come from?
What do the 2020 Mercedes-Benz AMG Project One, the McLaren Speedtail, the Lucid Air, the Hispano-Suiza Carmen Boulogne, the Delage D12, the Aria FXE, and the Aston Martin Valkyrie have in common with the Industrial Revolution?
Will we ever evolve into intelligent beings? Is the universe really infinite? What is infinity? For the sake of brevity, I am going to address the third question.
I love researching Late Antiquity history. If you like history and historical science as much as I do, I am sure you share the same kind of thrill that I get when I discover an individual or individuals who hold the key to a trove of fascinating history. For years, I have been visiting https://www.Livius.org. It is a website of