Why Are Indians Good at Math?

Lisa R. Parker

Historical Background India has made significant contributions in the evolution of Mathematics. Aryabhatta, Brhamagupta and Bhaskara II are some of the famous mathematicians from ancient India. Concept of zero and the decimal system came from India. Significant work was done in the field of algebra and trigonometry. There is Vedic […]

Beauty of Nature

Lisa R. Parker

What is nature? = Science wants to understand nature. Therefore it is important, how the word nature is defined: Nature is everything that was not made by man. So the definition of nature excludes all things that were introduced by mankind. All those human developments are summarized as culture. Nature […]

An Introduction to the Pythagorean Theorem

Lisa R. Parker

Mathematicians have labored for ages to discover relationships within triangles along with other polygons. One of the famous and beneficial relationships ended up being uncovered by the Greek mathematician called Pythagorus. He found the sides of a right triangle are related in the following way: When the lengths of each […]