History of Science and Mathematics Stack Exchange is for those interested in the history and development of scientific and mathematical ideas. There are a lot of different topics that are covered here, but there are boundaries.
Some types of commonly-asked questions:
- What influenced a certain scientist or mathematician's work in a certain topic?
http://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/58/what-motivated-cantor-to-invent-set-theory
Please see the meta discussion on biographical details before asking questions like these. These questions should relate directly to the work of the scientist or mathematician in question. - Who discovered or invented this formula or theory?
http://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/727/who-discovered-smooth-non-analytic-functions-of-a-real-variable
For more help, see "What types of questions should I avoid asking?"
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