Si.427 is the oldest known example of applied geometry, and researchers say it was compiled by a Babylonian land surveyor.

A scientist has revealed that an ancient clay tablet could be the oldest and most complete example of applied geometry. The surveyor's field plan from the Old Babylon period shows that ancient ...

Perhaps the best example is general relativity, Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity, which joins the three dimensions of space with time, creating a four-dimensional stage on which everything in ...

The oldest example of applied geometry has been discovered on a 3,700-year-old clay tablet featuring maths attributed to Pythagoras 1,000 years later. The tablet, known as Si.427 was discovered in ...

A UNSW scientist has revealed that an ancient clay tablet could be the oldest and most complete example of applied geometry. The surveyor’s field plan from the Old Babylon period shows that ...

Researchers in Australia have made a discovery that may shake up the history of mathematics, revealing evidence of applied geometry being used for the purposes of land surveying some 3,700 years ...

But all the hoopla makes me stop and think about the other thing etched into memory from Mrs. Kachulis's 10th-grade geometry class: the Pythagorean theorem. Need a break?

What’s outside this “flat” bubble of our universe is anyone’s guess. This shape supports the idea of a cosmos that expands forever.