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I am an amateur mathematician who is interested in the history of mathematics and physics.

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30 Which mathematicians died very young or in a tragic way? Nov 27 '15
26 Which mathematicians died very young or in a tragic way? Nov 27 '15
17 Did Guinness Book of Records screw up on the “longest-standing maths problem (ever)”? Jun 13 '15
16 Historically, how did people define multiplication for negative numbers? Aug 10 '15
13 What famous theorems or results were proven by female mathematicians? Oct 20 '15
13 What language was spoken at the International Mathematical Congress? Jun 28 '15
12 Why and when did some areas separate themselves from philosophy and some not? Jul 30 '15
11 Why is kg the standard unit for mass and not g in SI? Jul 20 '15
11 Has any 'difficult' proof ever been superseded by a 'simple' one? Sep 9 '15
8 What major areas of mathematics have been abandoned? Aug 12 '16
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