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Thank the Babylonians, not Pythagoras, for trigonometry
Most every kid learns a² + b² = c² in math. Pythagoras, right? Wrong. Babylonians used…
The Math of a Crumpled Piece of Paper Is Insanely Important.
Your balled-up receipt contains multitudes. Mathematicians at Harvard University paper crumples in some surprisingly predictable patterns. When…