RSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 15 hours agoMathematical secrets of ancient tablet unlocked after nearly a century of study (2017)www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareharmbugler@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoInteresting that their mathematics was base 60. I sometimes wonder how different our mathematics would be, had we evolved with 12 fingers instead of 10.
Interesting that their mathematics was base 60. I sometimes wonder how different our mathematics would be, had we evolved with 12 fingers instead of 10.