Mathematics Timeline

Timeline

c. 585 BCE
Time in which Thales of Miletus lived.
c. 571 BCE - c. 497 BCE
Life of Pythagoras of Samos; claim that "number" is the First Cause of existence and the soul is immortal.
c. 190 BCE - c. 120 BCE
Life of Hipparchus of Nicea, the ancient Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer considered the greatest astronomer of antiquity and among the most impressive in world history
628 CE
First use of the number zero proposed by Indian mathematician Brahmagupta.