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What did the Soviets do with German scientists after WWII?
Nov 1 '14 at 20:26
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When exactly (and why) did matrices become a part of the undergraduate curriculum?
Nov 1 '14 at 22:35
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Did physicists around 1900 really believe they were close to “figuring it all out”?
Nov 1 '14 at 23:02
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Are ancient African mathematicians acknowledged in the history of mathematics?
Nov 4 '14 at 14:55
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Why were so many artificial intelligence founders so optimistic?
Oct 29 '14 at 13:57
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Was the take off of neural computing research in the 80's due to Japan?
Oct 31 '14 at 16:10
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What examples led to the modern definition of a topological space?
Oct 29 '14 at 13:36
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Where and how did scientists of the 18th and 19th century learn foreign languages?
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Why were people in sixteenth century interested in solving the cubic?
Aug 13 '17 at 1:50
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Why isn't there a Nobel prize in Mathematics?
Oct 28 '14 at 22:56
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Why were so many pre-18th century Mathematicians polymaths?
Oct 31 '14 at 16:05
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How did heliocentrism survive after Galileo's sentencing?
Aug 14 '17 at 1:47
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Who did first use the Method of Characteristics?
Jun 18 '16 at 9:20
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When and where was Electricity used for the first time?
Nov 14 '14 at 16:17
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