How did the decimal point come to be? - the dot that divides whole numbers. Historians are revising its origin story. Glen Van Brummelen studies the history of math and astronomy at Trinity Western ...

Students will come to learn Indian contributions to key mathematical systems and how important they were to the advancement of civilization. Asia Society’s purpose is to navigate shared futures for ...

The night he realized what he discovered, Squamish mathematics historian and professor Glen Van Brummelen ran up and down the halls of the dorm where he was staying to teach a math camp, looking for ...

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On Nov. 23, 1793, during the French Revolution, clocks converted to ten hour days, 100 minute hours, and 100 second minutes. “The system though proved unpopular.” The modern world will stick with the ...

A small dot on an old piece of birch bark marks one of the biggest events in the history of mathematics. The bark is actually part of an ancient Indian mathematical document known as the Bakhshali ...

James Glover and Swati Dave are the co-founders of The Institute for the Advancement of Vedic Mathematics (IAVM). This UK based institute aims to popularize Vedic Maths internationally. The Institute ...

DR. CUSACK is a firm believer in the decimal system, and there can be no doubt that he speaks with some authority, in view of the great experience he has enjoyed of teaching arithmetic and other ...

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