Ancient Civilizations and Mathematics

Ancient Babylonians Astronomers used Calculus to find Jupiter 1,400 years before Europeans
(Stuart GARY, ABC News Australia; January 28, 2016)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-29/ancient-babylonian-text-earliest-use-of-calculus-for-astronomy/7121548

What is Algebra?
(Robert COOLMAN, LiveScience; March 26, 2015)
http://www.livescience.com/50258-algebra.html

Who Invented Zero?
(Jessie SZALAY, LiveScience; June 28, 2013)
http://www.livescience.com/27853-who-invented-zero.html


Selected Research:


Ptolemy's Longitudes and Eratosthenes' Measurement of the Earth's Circumference
(RUSSO, 2013)
http://msp.org/memocs/2013/1-1/memocs-v1-n1-p04-p.pdf

A Tutorial History of Least Squares with Applications to Astronomy and Geodesy
(NIEVERGELT, 2000)
http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0377042700003435/1-s2.0-S0377042700003435-main.pdf?_tid=fb591512-57e9-11e6-b46b-00000aacb361&acdnat=1470057493_013b43b973b3d3bc272e89f9fd89657d

The Growth of an Empirical Cartography in Hellenistic Greece
(HARLEY, WOODWARD and AUJAC, 1987)
http://2003www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/books/HOC/HOC_V1/HOC_VOLUME1_chapter9.pdf

N. B.:  The aforementioned Chapter 9 PDF was taken from the following Published work:

The History of Cartography, Volume One.  HARLEY and WOODWARD, Editors; University of Chicago Press; 1987.
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/HOC_V1/Volume1.html


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