History of Science and Mathematics

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Reference request: What were the problems of accepting zero, negative numbers, and complex numbers? And how were they solved?
Awarded Nov 16 at 1:33
Original description of point sources and point spread functions
Awarded Apr 1 at 8:50
Who published the law of tangents first?
Awarded Mar 25 at 22:15
Earliest numeric value for helium D3 line
Awarded Aug 5, 2021 at 16:09
Names of the electromagnetic units in SI
Awarded Mar 18, 2021 at 1:51
Who was the first to show that this quintic equation has five radical roots?
Awarded Jul 13, 2020 at 9:42
Were ancient Romans so bad at computations before Arab numerals?
Awarded May 25, 2020 at 15:04
Where is the Foucault pendulum in Mainz?
Awarded Oct 26, 2018 at 14:15
Indiana Pi Bill: Other attempts to establish mathematical truth by legislative fiat?
Awarded May 20, 2018 at 7:30
First use of the term and principle of dynamic pressure — Daniel Bernoulli?
Awarded Jul 23, 2017 at 6:53
Study of embryos
Awarded Dec 12, 2016 at 6:15
Who gets credit for the real numbers?
Awarded Jun 9, 2016 at 14:05
When was the measurement problem solved?
Awarded Apr 15, 2016 at 10:03
History of Coagulation of Milk by Short Waves
Awarded May 31, 2015 at 11:50
Who created the energy conditions?
Awarded Mar 26, 2015 at 15:39
How did the 'Poincaré patches' get their name?
Awarded Jan 1, 2015 at 12:25
Why did George Cayley never crack the stability problem?
Awarded Nov 18, 2014 at 13:56

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