Historian of Mathematics Amir Alexander investigates math's history and the different people, places, and even religions which shape it. What's your favorite subject in school? Does math …
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Historian of Mathematics
When did human beings first begin using numbers? Where and when did the number “zero” emerge? Who first came up with the idea of doing algebra? Geometry? Calculus? What events and which other discoveries inspired these ideas? And how did they shape the world we live in? People who study the history of mathematics explore just that: the history of math and the different ways it has developed in different places. Historian of Mathematics Amir Alexander finds “the interconnections between mathematics and the broader world of culture, religion, art, and politics” fascinating.
