cover of episode 11. Carlos Gonçalves: The human face of Mesopotamian maths

11. Carlos Gonçalves: The human face of Mesopotamian maths

2020/12/2
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Carlos introduces us to the social setting of Mesopotamian maths. What form did maths take? Who used it and what for? Are Mesopotamian practices related to what we know from other ancient cultures, or from the modern world? Carlos explains how our understanding of Mesopotamian maths has changed over the years.Academia: https://usp-br.academia.edu/CGon%C3%A7alves)  

 

 2:19 about Mesopotamian maths5:34 the oldest maths10:10 connections to other ancient cultures, and to the modern world14:57 how they wrote numbers17:22 how Mesopotamians thought about numbers23:51 changing modern understandings of Mesopotamian maths28:42 Carlos' work

Music by Ruba Hillawi

 

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