Popular Mechanics

A Math Genius Created the Decimal Point and Became a Legend. Turns Out He Stole It.

The humble decimal point may have been invented about 150 years before we previously thought. Experts had previously credited German mathematician Christopher Clavius for the innovation, but according ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Decimal Point Is 150 Years Older Than Previously Thought, Medieval Manuscript Reveals

Math historian Glen Van Brummelen came across decimal points in Giovanni Bianchini's manuscript, Tabulae primi mobilis B. Van Brummelen / Historia Mathematica, 2024 For years, historians thought ...
NPR

The decimal point was in use 150 years before previously thought, research shows

NPR's Scott Simon talks to math historian Glen Van Brummelen about his finding that the decimal point appeared in the 1440s, earlier than thought. How did the decimal point come to be? - the dot that ...