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Keep taking the tablets

Professor Robin Wilson · Gresham College

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About

Many thousands of surviving mathematical clay tablets provide much information about Mesopotamian mathematics - but what mathematics did they do, and why is it relevant to us today? In contrast, although the Egyptian pyramids provide us with an impressive primary source, only a handful of mathematical papyri survive. What do they contain, and what influence did they have?

The talk

  1. Keep taking the tablets 2004-10-06 · YouTube

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Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Robin Wilson
Year
2004
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics
Source
Gresham College
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