Math and Computer Science Chronological History

MATH AND COMPUTER SCIENCE CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY

Let's all synchronize our watches, or our computer clocks, 2:20 PM.

The following lists the significant events that lead to the development of mathematics and computers as we now know and use them in 2014 AD.

YEAR     PERSON OR GROUP   EVENT HORIZON                     
2000 BC  Babylonians       Quadratic equation
350 BC   Aristotle         "Earth is center of universe."
100 CE   Nicomachus        Fractions and ratios
175 CE   Gerasa            Arithmetic
250 CE   Diophantus        Variables
665 CE   Brahmagupta       Zero
800 CE   Al-Khwarizmi      Base 10 numbers
1100 AD  Al-Khwarizmi      Algebra book into Latin
1202 AD  Fibonacci         Roman numerals into Arabic numbers
1220 AD  John De Holywood  Astronomy text
1450 AD  Gutenberg         Printing press
1557 AD  Recorde           = (since parallel lines are equal)
1614 AD  Napier            Logarithms
1619 AD  Descartes         Analytic geometry
1631 AD  Oughtred          x (times)
1641 AD  Pascal            Digital calculator
1671 AD  Newton            Calculus
1734 AD  Euler             f(x)
1812 AD  Babbage           Mechanical calculator
1854 AD  Boole             Boolean algebra
1938 AD  Cartwright        Chaos theory
1959 AD  John Backus       FORTRAN
1959 AD  Grace Hopper      COBOL
1985 AD  CSULA             Pascal
2013     CSN CIT 130       Java
2013     CSN CIT 132       Visual Basic
2013     CSN CIT 133       C++
2014+    ???               ???

John