you've heard of sine and cosine
now get ready for uh squine and cosquare
Having my annual physical today.
Doctor: “Your blood pressure is a little high.”
Me: “SCOTUS just declared the president is king before I walked in here.”
Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of.
Over 1,000 years before the internet and smartphone apps, Persian scientist and polymath Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī invented the concept of algorithms.
By Debbie Passey. via @ConversationUK