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Featuring Rob Eastaway discussing Roman Numerals, Indo-Arabic numerals, and the diary of theatre owner Philip Henslowe (a contemporary of William Shakespeare)… More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓

Our modern numerals are also referred to as Arabic Numerals and/or Hindu–Arabic numerals.

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With thanks to Dulwich College Archive: https://www.dulwich.org.uk/about/history/the-archives

The college is the keeper of the famed Henslowe Diary.

More Rob Eastaway on Numberphile: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWLpGjPX_Qn0D9gzVkYVTSuU&si=M58A8jPjO8twjJgH

Rob Eastaway’s book Much Ado About Numbers…
Amazon (US): https://amzn.to/3zFinog
Amazon (UK): https://amzn.to/3VIIp1u
And on bookshop.org: (UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/much-ado-about-numbers-rob-eastaway/7619073 or (US) https://bookshop.org/p/books/much-ado-about-numbers-shakespeare-s-mathematical-life-and-times-rob-eastaway/21260313?ean=9798893030303

More Rob books: https://amzn.to/3XR6N3Q
Rob Eastaway’s website: https://robeastaway.com

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