Monday, April 18, 2011

Downhill

200 B.C.E.
Dionysodorus of Amisus (c. 200?)
Diocles of Carystus (fl. c. 180)
Hypsicles of Alexandria (fl. c. 175)
Hipparchus of Nicaea (c. 180-c. 125)
Umaswati (c. 150)

It’s another slow century and it stays this bad for a couple hundred years.
In this time period, Mathematical advancement is still concentrated in the Mediterranean region
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25 comments:

  1. chronometerApril 18, 2011 at 8:55 PM

    The entire period of Dark Ages was a lame one for anything science-related.

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  2. ZRApril 18, 2011 at 8:57 PM

    with technology and ease of living and LOTS of people(TONS of free time and lacking physical stressors to damage brain functions with things like cortisol, etc.)

    I would say we have some prodigigal thinkers coming soon from all fields... once things get sorted out a bit.

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  3. ScottApril 18, 2011 at 9:44 PM

    Got to say that the lack of awesome names is becoming quite prevalent.

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  4. FugaziApril 18, 2011 at 10:06 PM

    Yeah they dont make names like that these days.

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  5. JaureguiApril 18, 2011 at 10:12 PM

    Well people don't need to think much anymore sadly :/

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  6. Mike YurchenkoApril 18, 2011 at 10:35 PM

    i agree

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  7. helelsjsApril 19, 2011 at 12:24 AM

    wish i had a mathematician right now during tax time. guess the best i could do is h&r block or turbotax or something like that.

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  8. LichApril 19, 2011 at 3:06 AM

    periods during which people lose interest in science always end badly

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  9. MarianApril 19, 2011 at 6:22 AM

    slowly but steady. they'll get there trust me. :P

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  10. pixelApril 19, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    isn't this the dark ages?

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  11. Jay ReidApril 19, 2011 at 8:45 AM

    The classical era was amazing, if only the middle ages didn't happen. We would be colonising space by now.

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  12. Adam DavisApril 19, 2011 at 9:54 AM

    Yeah, the Dark Ages weren't really all that helpful.

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  13. MoApril 19, 2011 at 11:40 AM

    fuck the dark ages! D=

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  14. SkengApril 19, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    Never heard of any of them lol

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  15. 1HipHopBlogApril 19, 2011 at 11:53 AM

    @ pixel

    Tell Steve Jobs that xD

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  16. Come At Me BroApril 19, 2011 at 1:41 PM

    This is great!

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  17. JakeApril 19, 2011 at 4:22 PM

    All about the Renaissance

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  18. EdApril 19, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    They should have hurried up and invented the calculator.

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  19. MikeApril 19, 2011 at 10:06 PM

    This sparks my interest. Go into a little more detail.

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  20. Al3xaGApril 20, 2011 at 2:11 AM

    Well, probly the mathemathics are at a point where they don't really need to evolve that fast untill there are more specific needs.

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  21. Blog HuntApril 20, 2011 at 2:50 AM

    wow... but i bet maths has moved far more than the society knows!

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  22. SanctorApril 20, 2011 at 2:54 AM

    Its interesting to know that the romans held back the knowledge of maths muck like the christians with science

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  23. NopeApril 20, 2011 at 7:49 AM

    Imagine if they could see how we're advancing now in terms of technology back then.

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  24. qwertyApril 21, 2011 at 1:29 AM

    Too short do want to know more, seriously

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  25. soundboy1April 25, 2011 at 6:58 PM

    Do you c onsider modern software and computer engineering to be advances in mathematics?

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