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12 sty 2024 · Discover the intriguing story of who invented the calculator, from Blaise Pascal's early designs to today's digital marvels. Explore the calculator's evolution!
Eratosthenes of Cyrene (/ ɛrəˈtɒsθəniːz /; Greek: Ἐρατοσθένης [eratostʰénɛːs]; c. 276 BC – c. 195/194 BC) was an Ancient Greek polymath: a mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. He was a man of learning, becoming the chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria.
21 kwi 2024 · The first mechanical calculator appeared in 1642, the creation of French intellectual and mathematics whizz kid Blaise Pascal as "a device that will eventually perform all four arithmetic operations without relying on human intelligence."
3 lis 2019 · Long afterward came mechanical calculators, followed by electrical calculators and then their evolution into the familiar but not-so-ubiquitous-anymore handheld calculator. Here are some of the milestones and prominent figures who played a role in the development of the calculator through history.
12 mar 2021 · Antikythera mechanism is believed to be the world's oldest computer. The mechanism has been described as an astronomical calculator as well as the world's first analogue computer. It is made of...
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, 1671. (1) Early numeracy. Employed by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Mesopotamians, the earliest calculating devices were systems of writing that used shorthand to denote specific and often large quantities.
12 mar 2021 · Researchers at UCL have solved a major piece of the puzzle that makes up the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera Mechanism, a hand-powered mechanical device that was used to predict astronomical events.
