i have to write a thesis on 2 subjects (self chosen) which is history and maths, but im stuck trying to find an interesting person to write about that is both not too complicated math whise and relatively easy to link to the historical period he/she lived in. my thoughts currently are Ramanujan (but his math works might be a bit too complicated for me) or maybe some anchient greek mathematicians (but those are a bit overdone) another option is to maybe do it on something like the enigma machine which is easy to link math to history with. so please hit me up with any interesting subjects you guys know of, just name is fine.