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The Greeks measured the earth and created calendars based on astronomy, with reference to the sun, moon, and stars.
How To Use the Sieve of Eratosthenes
How to find prime numbers using the Sieve of Eratosthenes.
Hypatia of Alexandria
From your Guide. Hypatia was the last great philosopher and mathematician of Alexandria. She made geometry intelligible to her students.
Review: Hypatia of Alexandria
Review of Maria Dzielska's book on the truth behind the legend of the woman described as the body of Aphrodite and the spirit of Plato.
Archimedes
Basic information on Archimedes, the Greek mathematician of Syracuse.
Proclus Diadochus
Proclus Diadochus was the head of the Academy and a follower of Neoplatonism known for his Commentary on Euclid's Geometry.
Review - Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs
Alexandrian Scholarship
This Web site of the ancient world held scrolls divided into sections mathematics, medicine, astronomy, and geometry, and philology.
Preclassical and Classical Science
Comments on the sophistication of the systems of thinking and ordering numbers in various ancient cultures.
Archimedes Ancient Manuscript
Newspaper articles from October 29, 1998, on an ancient manuscript of Archimedes that sold for $2 million following a court decision on ownership.
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