Season 1 · Episode 5
Episode 5: A System of Weights & Measures
We look at how the Babylonians represented information in their astronomical tablets by examining their number system and the unit system. Then we dive into the Babylonian discovery of the Saros cycle, which was a deep regularity in the pattern of...
May 27, 202142m 45s
Show Notes
We look at how the Babylonians represented information in their astronomical tablets by examining their number system and the unit system. Then we dive into the Babylonian discovery of the Saros cycle, which was a deep regularity in the pattern of lunar eclipses.
Topics
eclipseHistoryAstronomybabylonia