Kosma Sukiennik
Kosma Sukiennik voted up Charles Davis' answer

Most of the math we use today was a discovery by the Muslims and the Babylonians. Calculus was use to chart the stars by the Babylonians, but was then lost to history until Isaac Newton. Algebra was discovered and the numerals we use today were invented, by the Muslims. The 0 (zero) was a discovery … Read more

Kosma Sukiennik
Kosma Sukiennik voted up Charles Davis' answer

Most of the math we use today was a discovery by the Muslims and the Babylonians. Calculus was use to chart the stars by the Babylonians, but was then lost to history until Isaac Newton. Algebra was discovered and the numerals we use today were invented, by the Muslims. The 0 (zero) was a discovery … Read more