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The origins of mathematics come from the classical Greeks and then those scholars prior to Augustus in Rome.
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CAREER REPORT MATHEMATICIAN ERIC WALK The origins of mathematics come from the classical Greeks and then those scholars prior to Augustus in Rome. Also the Arabs and Egyptians along side the Hebrews and Babylonians were making many advances. Amongst all of them they invented the decimal point, pi, the place holder and our current numerals. During the Renaissance in Europe mathematicians stepped up the pace but in the scientific revolution of the 1600's the field exploded with Newton and his calculus; Descartes and his analytical geometry; also, the great Da Vinci and Galileo. Through out the time to follow algebra and most other forms of math evolved. Eventually there was Einstein with his mathematic equations that solved some of the mysteries of space, time and light. As the years have progressed and computers and calculators become easier and cheaper to make, math has been made simpler and expeditiously...
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