Egyptians have shaped the infrastructure of mathematics
thousands of years ago; even the Greeks have followed the footsteps that
Egyptians left behind such as their knowledge and understanding algebra,
arithmetic and geometry for tax purposes and other calculations in that time.
As we can see, it is obvious how amazing the Egyptian monuments are; this
indicates that the Egyptians had an extreme knowledge of applied mathematics.
These building looks almost impossible to build in the modern day, and the best
example is the pyramids. Egyptians primary goal was to focus more on
problem-solving that encouraged them to operate as a society rather than
identifying laws in math. Even the great Greek philosopher Aristotle once
declared that the work of many great Egyptian mathematicians inspired and
helped to develop astronomy, geometry, and the basis of mathematics that later
helped the Greek to grow it even more.
Hello. Your post on the history of math are very interesting. I’ve never been a fan of the base 10 metric system. Mostly because I grew up using the SAE measurements, and I can pick up a rock and estimate its weight in pounds, but can’t figure out Kilograms without doing conversion math in my head. I always thought the ancients used a base of 12 and not 60. Twelve can be divided by 3 too.
ReplyDeleteI don’t know if this is question you might be able to help with, but one of my interest is in farming. I’ve had several people try to tell me that a bushel is a measure of volume, and not weight. This makes no sense to me. Wheat kernels vary in size due to the structure of the cell walls that varies with the temperature and moisture content of the soil the wheat is grown in, but produce the same amount of flour when milled. So if I fill a 1 cubic yard box with wheat kernels grown in Tennessee, and another with kernels grown in Arizona, I can fit more wheat in the box from Arizona than I can in the Tennessee box, because the Arizona wheat kernels are smaller and have smaller air pockets.
This is why cereal and other grains sold in the markets say “Sold by weight and not volume” on the boxes… because if I mill the wheat in the two examples above I get a different volume of flour from the two boxes, even though the initial volume of the “Bushel” is the same. If I sell bushels by weight, I get the same amount of flour, even though the Tennessee wheat has a larger initial volume.
I know that in the middle ages, each region had its own standards of weights and measures, but that grains, fruits, and vegetables were almost always sold by weight, and not by volume. So do you know the official definition of a bushel? Is it a measure of volume or of weight?
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ReplyDeleteI am so glad that you enjoyed reading the article, I hope it was useful. Thank you Rose Alsultani.
DeleteI am not really a math person, but I do like reading about history and science so I find your blog and articles pretty interesting.
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DeleteThank you for your beautiful words, Of course, mathematics is an essential part of our lives, everything is built upon math! Learning about the history of math is the first step to learn more about ourselves as humans being.
Nice article. The ancient Egyptians show that with math you can engineer long lasting amazing monuments.
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