Discover our range of resources available See how our perception of Wales has changed. From some of the oldest maps of Wales to stunning local hand-drawn maps and everything in between. Maps are our gateway to the past. Discover our…
Updated on Mar. 11, 2024 Don’t get tripped up by the viral "legs on the floor" riddle The “legs on the floor” riddle does, in fact, require you to do some actual math. But before you even get to the math, you’re…
More than 2,000 years after his death, Archimedes remains one of the most remarkable scientific minds of the ancient world. A mathematician, engineer, scientist and inventor, he helped develop fundamental ideas involving levers, pulleys, geometry and mechanics while designing machines that…
Among the many monsters and villains of Dragon’s Dogma 2’s world, none is trickier than the Sphinx. This mythological creature is very real in this world, and it has some riddles for anyone bold enough to take on the challenge.
The original papyrus fragment from Vienna. The damaged ink lines belong to a diagram for finding the volume of a square-based pyramid. (Kelly, T. Historia Mathematica, 2026) Kelly’s redrawing of the papyrus diagram above. (Kelly, T., Historia Mathematica, 2026) A Greek papyrus from…
Pythagoras is best known for the famous theorem that bears his name, one of the fundamental principles of geometry. However, far fewer know that the man behind it belonged to a tradition in which mathematics and magic were not always…
This new permanent exhibition features paintings and rare books that explore the alchemist’s quest to uncover nature’s secrets and unlock the potential of matter. Centuries ago, alchemists sought to uncover nature’s “secrets” and unlock the hidden potential of matter. They…
A new catalogue of the sketches found on Greek mathematical papyri from Roman Egypt shows that scribes drew diagrams to carry out their calculations, not just to illustrate them. The drawings served as scratch paper, memory aid and answer check…
DW.com From 0 to 9 — the mysterious origins of numbers The Western world calls them "Arabic numerals," while in the Arab world, today's European notation is thought of as being Western. What is "Arabic" about the symbols that traveled from India…
The mathematics of ancient India, Babylon, Egypt, Greece and China: Aryabhata, Baudhayana, Vedic mathematics, ancient tablets, manuscripts and artefacts.
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