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Proposed Era

This dimension groups scientific concepts by the era in which they were first proposed. Wikipedia notes that "the history of science spans the majority of the historical record," a span across which concepts have been proposed in every period. Browsing by proposed era lets a visitor compare concepts that arose in the same period.

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300 BCE 1
Proposed Era
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1. Wikipedia: Mathematics
WikipediaMathematics, History section, Euclid paragraph
Quote, Mathematics, History section, Euclid paragraph
Around 300 BC, Euclid organized mathematical knowledge by way of postulates and first principles, which evolved into the axiomatic method that is used in mathematics today.
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