I will tell you, because I am getting my Ph.D in Mathematics History...
Unfortunately, many people (especially mathematicians) believe that mathematics is something that was 'discovered' not...
The history of math started with sir Williams rowan hamilton. The history of math is almost as long as the history of man . Indeed one can fill a book with just the greatly condensed highlights. The...
The key to answering this question is in a particular field of mathematics called 'Ethnomathematics'... What is it? Well... according to Delgado, P. (2008):The origin of the term 'ethnomathematics'...