Cuneiform Numbers - Numberphile

Alex Bellos discusses how numbers were written in ancient Cuneiform. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ More from this interview on Numberphile2: https://youtu.be/n-sxOVSZc-Q Alex Bellos website: http://www.alexbellos.com And his books on Amazon (including the Language Lovers Puzzle Book which features cuneiform): https://amzn.to/3czJjXl More Alex Bellos on Numberphile: http://bit.ly/Bellos_Playlist Search the British Museum collection at: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection Numberphile is supported by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI): http://bit.ly/MSRINumberphile We are also supported by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science. https://www.simonsfoundation.org/outreach/science-sandbox/ And support from Math For America - https://www.mathforamerica.org/ NUMBERPHILE Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile Subscribe: http://bit.ly/Numberphile_Sub Videos by Brady Haran Numberphile T-Shirts and Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/numberphile Brady's videos subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/BradyHaran/ Brady's latest videos across all channels: http://www.bradyharanblog.com/ Sign up for (occasional) emails: http://eepurl.com/YdjL9 Thanks to all our Patreon supporters, including these ones: Ben Delo Arjun Chakroborty Jeff Straathof Nick Crawley Andy B Yana Chernobilsky Ken Baron Gnare Tom Marshall Jesús Salsero John Zelinka Ubiquity Ventures Mateusz Swiatkowski Ron Hochsprung Jeremy Buchanan Nat Tyce Matthew Schuster Mitch Harding RAD Donato Andrei M Burke Ben White Adam Savage Steve Crutchfield James Bissonette Jubal John Jordan W Oja Mirik Gogri That Asymptote Alex Khein Kermit Norlund Bodhisattva Debnath Bernd Sing Charles Southerland Alfred Wallace Valentin Arnas Kristian Joensen Tracy Parry Ian George Walker Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile