Ancient Babylonians achieved a practical application of trigonometry that was massively advanced for the time.
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What did Pythagoras do with all those triangles, anyway?
A 3,700-year old Babylonian clay tablet reveals an ancient method of constructing right-angled triangles that makes it the world’s oldest and most accurate trigonometric table.
Why are there 60 minutes in an hour, and not 10? Why do we count up to 10, anyway? Quentin, age five, wants to know.
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