The Pythagorean program: number as structure
Pythagoras' school at Croton linked musical harmony to simple ratios and proposed that mathematical relations underlie nature.
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Newton's Principia Mathematica
Newton showed that one mathematical law of gravitation governs falling apples and orbiting moons — with the calculus-like methods to prove it.
A student posts a hobby operating system
Linus Torvalds announced Linux 'just a hobby, won't be big and professional'; combined with GNU and the open-source method, it became the world's infrastructure.
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The Pythagorean program: number as structure
Pythagoras' school at Croton linked musical harmony to simple ratios and proposed that mathematical relations underlie nature.
Newton's Principia Mathematica
Newton showed that one mathematical law of gravitation governs falling apples and orbiting moons — with the calculus-like methods to prove it.
A student posts a hobby operating system
Linus Torvalds announced Linux 'just a hobby, won't be big and professional'; combined with GNU and the open-source method, it became the world's infrastructure.