The history of our modern Indo-Arabic numeral system begins in Mesopotamia, leads through India to the Arab world – and from there around the globe. This three-part series explores how the "Arabic numerals" began their …
🎬 Created by: Benoît Laborde
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Ep 12025-05-25
How it all began
They serve us for calculating, measuring, or coding, yet little is known about their history: …
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Ep 22025-05-25
The Triumph of Mathematics
Why do we speak of "Arabic numerals" in Europe, even though they were "invented" in …
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Ep 32025-05-26
From Tool to Universal Code
From Europe to America, from the beginnings of modern science to computer science: numbers have …