The conquest of time
The most widespread mathematical problem in the Middle Ages had to do with time. It was not about economics, social progress, science or technology. Not demographics, financial conundrums or developing a tool. It was about calculating time, mastering the passing instant. Historians call it 'the conquest of time'. It was an intellectual conundrum, but fi…
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