Rob Knobel
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Physics & Engineering Physics at Queen's University, driving kids to rinks, sabbaticaling hard
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November 26, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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Reposted by Rob Knobel
One of my favourite bits of #maths #history is, in 1557, Robert Recorde (🏴) gets so fed up repeating the same thing over and over again that, in order...
"to avoid the tediouse repetition of these woordes: is equalle to"
... he just gives up and invents the equals sign: =
🏛️🎓
"to avoid the tediouse repetition of these woordes: is equalle to"
... he just gives up and invents the equals sign: =
🏛️🎓
November 26, 2024 at 5:20 PM