Cosmic Visions 04: The Mayan Zero

Ways of Knowing - Podcast autorstwa The World According to Sound - Piątki

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In the 9th century CE, Mayan astronomers were able to calculate the period of Venus down to the minute. They were only able to achieve this unrivaled accuracy because they had developed one of the most important mathematical concepts in human history, the zero.

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