Sener has since earned multiple medals for his attempt to bring the ancient device to life. In his view, he as shown that ...

Many "modern" inventions actually have precedents dating back more than 1000 years, to ancient Greek and Roman times.

Two lost books by Apollonius, the ancient Greek mathematician known as "The Great Geometer," have survived in an Arabic manuscript preserved at the Libraries of Leiden University in the Netherlands.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year—for mathematicians, anyway. Pi Day is Friday, March 14. The relatively new holiday is a celebration of the mathematical calculation pi, or the infinite ...

Across history, ancient civilizations crafted prototypes for many of the modern mechanisms that have become integral to ...

Lost manuscripts written by the famous Greek mathematician Apollonius of Perga were discovered in the Netherlands. The ancient finds are located at Leiden University Libraries.

Divers have spent decades exploring Greece's ancient Antikythera wreck. The latest expedition found relics and retrieved ...

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

Examine the ancient Greek slave classes and their role in maintaining the economy. How they were represented in art and ...

In the collection of the Getty museum in Los Angeles is a portrait from the 17th century of the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid: disheveled, holding up sheets of “Elements,” his treatise on ...

Physics & Mathematics Mathematics Babylonians used Pythagorean theorem 1,000 years before it was 'invented' in ancient Greece News By Ben Turner last updated 22 September 2022 ...

Credit: Public domain Ancient Greek mathematicians, including Pythagoras and his followers, knew the constant relationship between radius and circumference.