History of Science and Mathematics
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Who first measured the distance to the Moon? How was it done?
Jan 9 '15
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What is the etymology behind sine, cosine, tangent, etc.?
Oct 7 '16
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What language was spoken at the International Mathematical Congress?
Jun 28 '15
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Origin of 360 degrees?
Jan 30 '15
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Why was Rene Descartes not knighted?
Jul 11 '15
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Emmy Noether or Emmy Nöther?
Jun 22 '21
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Was there ever a proposal for Metric time
Jun 1 '16
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Was Aristotle really wrong about gravity?
Jan 15 '15
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Why did Cantor (and others) use $\mathfrak{c}$ for the continuum?
Jun 8 '15
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Discovery of Sine and Cosine
Apr 10 '15
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Was hay invented only in the Middle Ages in Europe?
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Is there a name for a window without glass?
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Fermat's statement about the ancients: How serious was he?
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Did all the the -stan sovereign state names appear synchronously?
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German equivalents to the prefix "re"?

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