atrax@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1137arrow-down1message-squareWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.atrax@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKissaki@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoKnuckles turning out to be useful for base 12 doesn’t make them the source / reason for establishing base 12. I find it far more likely that Egyptian academics decided on base 12 because of its useful calculus properties rather than their knuckles.
Knuckles turning out to be useful for base 12 doesn’t make them the source / reason for establishing base 12.
I find it far more likely that Egyptian academics decided on base 12 because of its useful calculus properties rather than their knuckles.