@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agoWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.message-square56fedilinkarrow-up1140
arrow-up1133message-squareWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareNausiyanlinkfedilink13•2 years agoYou can blame the babalonians for that. They have a 60 base number system and was used for time and dates.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoAncient Greece also liked highly factorable numbers. Plato called out 5040 being a handy population size for having many factors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5040_(number)
You can blame the babalonians for that. They have a 60 base number system and was used for time and dates.
Ancient Greece also liked highly factorable numbers. Plato called out 5040 being a handy population size for having many factors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5040_(number)