Posted by: raphael on: October 12, 2007
quote by ufo: http://www.thothweb.com/ftopicp-59699.html#59699 Roman Emperor Constantine AD280 – AD337, destroyed over 500 valuble Books about Christianity, Egyptain Paganism as well as many other Religious Literature at that time. What was left was his Edited Version of the then “Bible” at the time. AD1546 – The Council of Trent approves 73 Biblical Books. AD1592 – [...]
Posted by: raphael on: July 13, 2007
What I found interesting is the history of this graph. http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/bookI/propI47.html Quote: The hypotenuse diagram in the Zhou bi suan jing The rule for computing the hypotenuse of a right triangle was well known in ancient China. It is used in the Zhou bi suan jing, a work on astronomy and mathematics compiled during the [...]
