Posts Tagged ‘trigonometry’

Mysterious 3,700 Year Old Tablet Reveals Ancient Babylonian Trigonometry

The mystery of a numerically-coded Babylonian tablet has been cracked, with scientists in Australia revealing the 3,700-year-old clay artifact is the world’s oldest trigonometry table. Discovered by 20th century archaeologist Edgar Banks, the ancient clay fragment, known as Plimpton 322, has puzzled scientists for decades. Now researchers from University of New South Wales, Australia, say […]

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