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Faith, work and mathematics

The Bible is full of builders, planners, merchants, administrators and craftspeople.

Noah worked from dimensions. Joseph planned grain storage across fourteen years. Bezalel and Oholiab built from detailed patterns. These pages explain the math their work required without inventing titles or discoveries the text never gives them.

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1192-1279

Li Ye

China

Li Ye was mathematician. He advanced the tian yuan method, using a symbolic unknown to solve polynomial problems.

Algebra · GeometryCarpenters & Builders
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1868-1944

Grace Chisholm Young

England and Germany

Grace Chisholm Young was mathematician and author. She worked in geometry, set theory, and analysis and coauthored mathematical books with William Henry Young.

Algebra · GeometryScientists & Astronomers
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