Greek geometry wasn’t just math—it was an attempt to decode the universe. Its logic still powers rockets, bridges, and every GPS route today.

In his work The Histories, ancient Greek historian Herodotus wrote that the Greeks borrowed much of their knowledge, ...

In the history of ideas and popular imagination geometry is associated with the ancient Greeks. Long after calculus and algebra have fled the mental nest, the Pythagorean theorem continues to linger.

Greek mathematics is considered one of the great intellectual achievements of antiquity. It has been decisive to the academic and cultural development of Western civilization. The three Roman ...

In the 6th century BCE, the Greek alphabet used 24 letters. To make numbers, the Greeks added three more symbols ( accounts differ as to whether these were resurrected older letters or newly designed ...

Greek arithmetic, Greek algebra, and Greek geometry were all wrought by men of genius, who were working in a material of not too intricate a texture, so that an intelligent reader, with only the ...

WE have before us parts 6, 7 (?), of Dr. Allman's “Greek Geometry from Thales to Euclid,”1 in which we are brought almost into touch with Euclid. There is then but little wanting to complete ...

Babylonians used applied geometry centuries before Greeks A new study on an artifact dating back some 3,700 years revealed how advanced mathematic calculations were used for measuring purposes in ...

Computers are working to solve an age-old geometry problem. Humans can’t “square the circle” by hand, which was proven in the 1800s. Computer solutions involve infinity, complexity, and some ...

Ancient Greek Geometry. The ancient Greeks excelled at geometry, placing special emphasis on constructions created with a compass and straightedge.

According to the volume, "The Conics of Apollonius (c. 2.00 BCE) was one of the most profound works of ancient Greek mathematics. The work deals with the theory of ellipses, parabolas, and ...