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The Transcendental Numbers
The number đťś‹, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, has been known for almost 4000 years. The ancient Babylonians calculated the area of a circle by taking three times the square of its radius, which gave a value of đťś‹ = 3. By the 17th century BC, they had estimated a closer…
The Primordial Numbers
Mathematics is the language that we have devised to study the laws of nature. The act of measuring, the beginning of all mathematical activities, was recorded as early as 3500 BCE by the Sumerian civilization in Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq. In 2334 BCE, the Akkadian King Sargon conquered the region and continued the Sumerian traditions. During…
Gold
“And live! Oh, let him live! Deck him out in Sheba gold. Offer prayers unceasing to him, bless him from morning to night. Fields of golden grain in the land, cresting the mountains in wild exuberance, Cornucopias of praise, praises springing from the city like grass from the earth.” – Psalm 72:15-16, translated by Eugene…
Silver
“Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.” – Matthew 26:14-15 The abundance of silver found in the Sierra Minera de Cartagena gave rise…
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