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.

The Awakening (Antiquity - 500 AD)

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.

The Bridge of Wisdom (500 - 1500 AD)

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.

The Age of Reason (1500 - 1800 AD)

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.

The Abstract Revolution (1800 - 1900 AD)

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.

The Digital Frontier (1900 - Present)

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.