Cuneiform Tablet Reveals Ancient Babylonians Better at Trigonometry

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• Published on Aug 25, 2017
  Scientists have discovered the purpose of a 3,700-year-old Babylonian tablet. It is a trigonometric table, “so unfamiliar and advanced that in some respects it is superior even to modern trigonometry.” It also throws the origins of trigonometry into dispute. RT America’s Trinity Chavez has the story.

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