History of Science and Mathematics
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What famous theorems or results were proven by female mathematicians?
Oct 18, 2015
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Whose shoulders did Newton stand on?
Nov 10, 2014
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What was Euler's motivation for introducing $i$ for $\sqrt{-1}$?
Nov 22, 2014
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Who introduced the Principle of Mathematical Induction for the first time?
Nov 21, 2014
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Irrationality of the square root of 2
Oct 30, 2014
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Was Aristotle really wrong about gravity?
Jan 15, 2015
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Was Isaac Newton the first person to articulate the scientific method in Europe?
Oct 10, 2016
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Is the symbol for set membership $\in$ derived from greek letter $\epsilon$?
Mar 23, 2017
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What is the etymology behind sine, cosine, tangent, etc.?
Oct 6, 2016
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Did Turing know of Babbage's work?
Jun 13, 2016
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Why is "mathematical induction" called "mathematical"?
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How did early mathematicians make it without Set theory?
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Why does "Daisy has four legs" not entail "Daisy has more than two legs"?
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How is First Order Logic complete but not decidable?
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Is an anti-symmetric and asymmetric relation the same? Are irreflexive and anti reflexive the same?

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