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34 relations: All Souls College, Oxford, Approximations of π, Asia Times, Babylonian mathematics, British Institute for the Study of Iraq, British Society for the History of Mathematics, Clay tablet, Conversion of units, Discover (magazine), Exercise (mathematics), History of mathematics, Iraq War, Jeremy Black (assyriologist), Martin Campbell-Kelly, Mathematical Association of America, Mathematical constant, Mathematical table, Mesopotamia, National Museum of Iraq, Near East, Paul R. Halmos – Lester R. Ford Award, Plimpton 322, Pythagorean triple, Quadratic equation, Science (journal), Science News, Sumerian literature, The Guardian, The Mathematical Intelligencer, The New York Times, Thorkild Jacobsen, Time (magazine), UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, University College London.
All Souls College, Oxford
All Souls College (official name: College of the souls of all the faithful departed) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England.
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Approximations of π
Approximations for the mathematical constant pi in the history of mathematics reached an accuracy within 0.04% of the true value before the beginning of the Common Era (Archimedes).
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Asia Times
Asia Times is a Hong Kong-based Philippine English-language news website covering politics, economics, business and culture "from an Asian perspective specially Philippine".
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Babylonian mathematics
Babylonian mathematics (also known as Assyro-Babylonian mathematics) was any mathematics developed or practiced by the people of Mesopotamia, from the days of the early Sumerians to the fall of Babylon in 539 BC.
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British Institute for the Study of Iraq
The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI) (formerly the British School of Archaeology in Iraq) is the only body in Britain devoted to research into the ancient civilizations and languages of Mesopotamia.
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British Society for the History of Mathematics
The British Society for the History of Mathematics (BSHM) was founded in 1971 to promote research into the history of mathematics at all levels and to further the use of the history of mathematics in education.
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Clay tablet
In the Ancient Near East, clay tablets (Akkadian ṭuppu(m) 𒁾) were used as a writing medium, especially for writing in cuneiform, throughout the Bronze Age and well into the Iron Age.
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Conversion of units
Conversion of units is the conversion between different units of measurement for the same quantity, typically through multiplicative conversion factors.
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Discover (magazine)
Discover is an American general audience science magazine launched in October 1980 by Time Inc.
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Exercise (mathematics)
A mathematical exercise is a routine application of algebra or other mathematics to a stated challenge.
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History of mathematics
The area of study known as the history of mathematics is primarily an investigation into the origin of discoveries in mathematics and, to a lesser extent, an investigation into the mathematical methods and notation of the past.
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Iraq War
The Iraq WarThe conflict is also known as the War in Iraq, the Occupation of Iraq, the Second Gulf War, and Gulf War II.
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Jeremy Black (assyriologist)
Jeremy Allen Black, BA, BPhil, MA, DPhil (1 September 1951 – Oxford 28 April 2004) was a British Assyriologist and Sumerologist, founder of the online Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature.
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Martin Campbell-Kelly
Martin Campbell-Kelly is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Warwick who has specialised in the history of computing.
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Mathematical Association of America
The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) is a professional society that focuses on mathematics accessible at the undergraduate level.
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Mathematical constant
A mathematical constant is a special number that is "significantly interesting in some way".
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Mathematical table
Mathematical tables are lists of numbers showing the results of calculation with varying arguments.
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Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a historical region in West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in modern days roughly corresponding to most of Iraq, Kuwait, parts of Northern Saudi Arabia, the eastern parts of Syria, Southeastern Turkey, and regions along the Turkish–Syrian and Iran–Iraq borders.
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National Museum of Iraq
The National Museum of Iraq (Arabic: المتحف العراقي) is a museum located in Baghdad, Iraq.
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Near East
The Near East is a geographical term that roughly encompasses Western Asia.
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Paul R. Halmos – Lester R. Ford Award
The Paul R. Halmos – Lester R. Ford Award (formerly known as the Lester R. Ford Award) is a $1,000 prize given annually by the Mathematical Association of America for authors of articles of expository excellence published in The American Mathematical Monthly or Mathematics Magazine.
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Plimpton 322
Plimpton 322 is a Babylonian clay tablet, notable as containing an example of Babylonian mathematics.
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Pythagorean triple
A Pythagorean triple consists of three positive integers,, and, such that.
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Quadratic equation
In algebra, a quadratic equation (from the Latin quadratus for "square") is any equation having the form where represents an unknown, and,, and represent known numbers such that is not equal to.
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Science (journal)
Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.
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Science News
Science News is an American bi-weekly magazine devoted to short articles about new scientific and technical developments, typically gleaned from recent scientific and technical journals.
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Sumerian literature
Sumerian literature is the literature written in the Sumerian language during the Middle Bronze Age.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Mathematical Intelligencer
The Mathematical Intelligencer is a mathematical journal published by Springer Verlag that aims at a conversational and scholarly tone, rather than the technical and specialist tone more common among academic journals.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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Thorkild Jacobsen
Thorkild Jacobsen (7 June 1904 – 2 May 1993) was a renowned historian specializing in Assyriology and Sumerian literature.
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Time (magazine)
Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.
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UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
The UNESCO 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transport of Ownership of Cultural Property is an international treaty.
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University College London
University College London (UCL) is a public research university in London, England, and a constituent college of the federal University of London.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Robson
