History and computers 14. History is the most dangerous product developed by the chemistry of the intellect. History is full of arguments, diverging opinions, and contradicting evaluations. Since ancient times history used to be a captivating reading. Mathematics is a patented source of headache.
History seems to be of no immediate practical value a dynamic society buries the dead and goes on.
Mathematics penetrates and impregnates all modern technology and sciences all but history. History is art, with Clio as its muse, and mathematics is science. Nevertheless, the serious answer is a firm yes. Since the four volumes of Social and Cultural Dynamics by Pitirim Sorokin, full of numbers derived from history, scores of textbooks and papers on quantitative methods in history have appeared. There are sites on World Wide Web on the use of computers in history, college courses, and software for historians, and scientific societies.