robert recorde was the first english mathematician who first used the modern symbol of quality in 1557.
robert recorde was the first english mathematician who first used the modern symbol of quality in 1557.
who was the first english mathematician who first used the modern symbol of quality in 1557?
robert recorde
bullet::::- welsh-born physician and mathematician robert recorde publishes "the whetstone of witte" in london, the first english book on algebra, containing the first recorded use of the equals sign and also the first use in english of plus and minus signs.









































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bullet::::- august 10 – french surgeon ambroise paré, at the battle of st. quentin, notes that certain maggots assist the healing of wounds.









































bullet::::- influenza pandemic across europe.









































bullet::::- imperial italian physician giulio alessandrini (a follower of galen) publishes "de medicina et medico dialogus" in zurich.
1557 in science
it combines several abstract shapes, including a "taiji" symbol illustrating the mutual complement of man and woman. in socialist times, it was alternatively interpreted as two fish symbolizing vigilance, because fish never close their eyes.









































the modern symbol has also been widely used in martial arts, particularly t'ai chi ch'uan (taijiquan), and jeet kune do, since the 1970s.









































in this context, it is generally used to represent the interplay between hard and soft techniques.









































the dots in the modern "yin-yang symbol" have been given the additional interpretation of "intense interaction" between the complementary principles.









































section::::similar symbols.
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