A Story Worth to be Told

A reaction paper on the documentary; Story of Maths- Part 1

Back then it was all about history where actions of the early people became culture, actions wherein it involves math in order to find a way to understand patterns. The basics include distance, measurements and area which are vital for the day by day living of the early civilizations. The Egypt and the Nile, Babylonians and their scribes, Greeks and symmetry are just examples of how math correlates with humans; even the first ones and up until now. Even bodies were used as a tool for measurements; actually until the present times we use our bodies as alternative if we lack measuring devises. Like the Egyptians I am curious about the shape circle. Amazing how a concept of exactness is depicted by shape. Just imagine if Pi was not discovered, there will be no explanation for the existence of circles; the volume of a sphere. In the long run the square should also take credit for the invention of such ratio. Math is not just about these, it is much about language. Since then, humans depended on math and the development of numerical systems was the breakthrough of a brighter civilization. There came counting, a vital enumeration for tallying, currencies and so much more.

I did not realize the importance of the number 60 til’ it was introduced by the Babylonians in the film. Tik, tock. The seconds, minutes, the hour; how time depended on it. Also, the concept of zero was brought up, definitely it is fundamental in math to have a representation of blank; nothing. Another result of humans’ expanded thinking was a world without limits were it opened up the reality of having imaginary numbers. The idea of divisibility gave way to fractions where in people again did not limit to whole numbers but even irrational ones just to solve plain problems like dividing a land area, food and etcetera equally. Going back to shapes, the Egyptians’ pyramid revealed the power of geometry. Greeks on the other hand created pillars for fortification with art, but the real thing was the discovery of Pythagorean Theorem by Pythagoras. It explains well the relationship of right angles between sides and made a major advancement in the field of geometry. Therefore math is not just about numbers. It’s applied in architecture, physics, chemistry and almost all fields of science depend on it. I can definitely say math is mother tongue of all species, it is the language of the universe and it is an element of logic.

The search for patterns is endless. Therefore everything in mathematics is continuously validated. That’s why the concept of infinity exists ∞