History of Science and Mathematics

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Who pitched in the theory of Hollow Earth?
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What led to the rise of Göttingen?
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Who helped Watson and Crick discover DNA?
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Did physicists around 1900 really believe they were close to "figuring it all out"?
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Was object oriented programming influenced by the mathematical category theory?
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How did ancient Greeks explain moon phases without reflection of sunlight?
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Who introduced the Principle of Mathematical Induction for the first time?
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Grothendieck's approach to solving problems
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When did Mathematics stop being one of "the Sciences"?
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When and on what basis was it decided that an hour have 60 minutes and a minute have 60 seconds?
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Did the Digges Telescope actually exist?
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History of a result from Bézout
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How did Stephen Hawking conduct research?
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When was zero actually introduced in mathematics?
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How did German become the language of science?
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Why were so many pre-18th century Mathematicians polymaths?
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