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Episode 5: A System of Weights & Measures
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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
May 27, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
We look at how the Babylonians represented information in their astronomical tablets by examining their number system and the unit system. Then we dive into the Babylonian discovery of the Saros cycle, which was a deep regularity in the pattern of lunar eclipses.
Released:
May 27, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (41)
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