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The Chronicles of Math

A journey through time to discover the language of the universe.

Mathematics is not just rules; it is the accumulated wisdom of thousands of years of human curiosity.

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The dawn of logic. Humans move from counting sheep to measuring the stars.

570 BC
Pythagoras establishes a cult of math, proving relationships in triangles.
300 BC
Euclid writes 'The Elements', organizing geometry into a logical system.
250 BC
Archimedes calculates an accurate value for Pi using polygons.
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While Europe slept, the Golden Age of Islam preserved and expanded knowledge.

600 AD
Indian mathematicians invent the number Zero (0), changing math forever.
820 AD
Al-Khwarizmi writes 'The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing' (Algebra).
1202
Fibonacci introduces the Hindu-Arabic number system (0-9) to Europe.
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Science explodes. Math becomes the tool to explain motion, gravity, and chance.

1654
Blaise Pascal and Fermat invent Probability theory to solve gambling problems.
1687
Sir Isaac Newton publishes the 'Principia', introducing Calculus and Gravity.
1737
Euler proves that 'e' is irrational and connects trig to exponents.
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Math moves beyond physical reality into pure logic and imagination.

1843
Ada Lovelace writes the first computer algorithm for a machine that doesn't exist yet.
1854
George Boole invents Boolean Algebra (True/False), the logic behind all computer chips.
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Math builds the modern world: Computers, AI, and Space Travel.

1936
Alan Turing defines the 'Universal Machine', the concept of the modern computer.
1962
Katherine Johnson calculates the orbit for John Glenn manually.
1994
Andrew Wiles proves Fermat's Last Theorem, solving a 350-year-old puzzle.