Join me in uncovering the fascinating journey of math’s greatest ideas! Discover how these concepts took shape, the hurdles that mathematicians had to overcome, and the lightbulb moments that changed our understanding. It’s not just about learning math—it’s about experiencing the excitement of discovery and seeing how history made these ideas come alive.
The History of the Natural Logarithm – How was it Discovered?
Learning about the history of the natural logarithm helps us understand what it is. In this video I talk about how and why logarithms were invented, how the natural logarithm arise from from logarithmic tables without the need of the number e and how studying the area of the hyperbola was instrumental in defining logarithms and the natural logarithm.
History of Calculus – Part 1 – Calculus in a Nutshell
This is the first part of a series about the history of calculus. I wanted with this video to build a general overview of calculus by answering three main questions: 1.What is calculus? 2. Why do we need it? 3. How does it work? I tried to stay in this video on a very high level without digging much into mathematics as we are just starting 🙂 I hope you find it helpful and you get something out of it.
History of Calculus – Part 2 – Calculus in the Ancient World
This is part 2 of the series: History of Calculus. Where I talk about the origins of calculus from ancient times to modern history. In this video I talk about the first two of the five methods that calculus evolved from: The method of dissection in ancient Egypt and the method of exhaustion in ancient Greece.
History of Calculus – Part 3 – The Historical Motivation of Calculus
This is part 3 of the series: History of Calculus. Where I talk about the origins of calculus from ancient times to modern history. In this video I talk about the motivations that led to the discovery of calculus.
History of Calculus: Part 4 – Pre Calculus Integration
This is part 4 of the series: History of Calculus. Where I talk about the origins of calculus from ancient times to modern history. In this episode, I focus on integration methods that existed before the formal invention of calculus, a crucial step that laid the groundwork for integral calculus as we know it today.