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The ancient Babylonians were better at trigonometry than us

The Babylonians were better at mathematics than us. They used a number system based on 60 and not 10, which gave them the ability to do multiplication and division much more accurately than we can. They managed trigonometry 1000 years before the Greeks. The clay tablet called Plimpton 322 is discussed in the YouTube vid.

Posted byCGilbert17 Mar 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags:Mathematics, trigonometry

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