In 1903, Marie and Pierre Curie were awarded half the Nobel Prize in Physics. The citation was, in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel..
Elementary algebra is the most basic form of algebra. 1  It is taught to students who are presumed to have no knowledge of mathematics beyond the basic principles of arithmetic. In arithmetic, only numbers and their arithmetical operations (such as +, â, Ã, Ã·) occur.
Euclid firmly connects modern science with ancient, Newton with Archimedes. Algebra is a modern addition; geometry with algebra is a very powerful scientific tool reaching its highest development in the calculus, which, in fact, was invented by Newton and Leibniz.