Timeline for Which mathematical ideas have done most to change history?
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| Aug 27, 2011 at 0:04 | comment | added | Juris Steprans | ...and of course, Maxwell equations describing magnetic and electric fields should be mentioned here. They are the key wave phenomenon leading to radio, cell phones and so on. | |
| Jun 1, 2011 at 4:07 | comment | added | timur | What's the use of a brain that cannot discover electrical theory and computers? | |
| Feb 2, 2010 at 0:25 | comment | added | Douglas Zare | Thanks. This was what I was trying to get at when I answered "whatever math is behind electricity." This is several orders of magnitude larger than the influence of fractals or uncountability on history, so even the math which means we can use alternating current instead of direct current has had a huge effect. | |
| Feb 1, 2010 at 19:12 | comment | added | Anweshi | Yes but the universal adoption of electricity is historically important, if anything is ... One would beforehand need to mention Newton for calculus, Gauss for complex numbers, etc., of course, before Heaviside could come into the picture. | |
| Feb 1, 2010 at 18:55 | comment | added | Ryan Budney | We wouldn't have electronic computers but we'd still have our brains. :) | |
| Feb 1, 2010 at 18:50 | history | answered | Anweshi | CC BY-SA 2.5 |