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When was zero actually introduced in mathematics?

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How did German become the language of science?

Oct 31, 2014

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When and on what basis was it decided that an hour have 60 minutes and a minute have 60 seconds?

Nov 11, 2014

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When did Mathematics stop being one of "the Sciences"?

Oct 29, 2014

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Why were so many pre-18th century Mathematicians polymaths?

Oct 29, 2014

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Which came first, the natural logarithm or the base of the natural logarithm?

Oct 29, 2014

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What did the Soviets do with German scientists after WWII?

Nov 1, 2014

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In what instances did Wolfgang Pauli say that something was 'not even wrong'?

Nov 2, 2014

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Who first used the word "calculus", and what did it describe?

Oct 10, 2015

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Why did Einstein stop publishing so many papers in Annalen der Physik?

Dec 9, 2014

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When and how was UV radiation found to be dangerous to human skin?

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Who pitched in the theory of Hollow Earth?

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Are there historical examples of thought experiments in biology and chemistry?

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What is Heaviside's version of Maxwell's equations?

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