The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
Who first made calculating numbers a discipline and called it mathematics? Matilda Day, aged 10, Dordogne, France
Post your answers (and new questions) below or send them to nq@theguardian.com. A selection will be published next Sunday.
Continue reading… The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsWho first made calculating numbers a discipline and called it mathematics? Matilda Day, aged 10, Dordogne, FrancePost your answers (and new questions) below or send them to nq@theguardian.com. A selection will be published next Sunday. Continue reading… Life and style, Mathematics, Science
