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Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Babylonians Used Applied Geometry 1,000 Years Before Pythagoras

 

  • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-tablet-shows-babylonians-used-pythagorean-geometry-1000-years-pythagoras-180978376/
  • https://www.sciencealert.com/this-3-700-year-old-tablet-shows-the-oldest-known-example-of-applied-geometry 
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