Base 12 - Numberphile
We mark the date 12/12/12 with a video about the merits of the dozenal/duodecimal system. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Numberphile regular Dr James Grime makes the...
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JAMES GRIME: There are people out there who want to changethe way that you count.They want to change the world so that we stop counting using10 symbols and start counting using 12 symbols.I love them.I think these guys are great.Let's talk about what we know so far.So, the way we count is the decimal system.It uses 10 symbols.So, let's just write those out, first of all.0, 1, 2, 8, 9.Once we get to this point, we start to have to make ournumbers using combinations of the symbols we've already got.12, 13, 14, 22, 23.Now, if we had been born with six fingers on each hand, thenwe would have 12 fingers, and maybe we would have startedusing something called the dozenal system where it'sbased on 12 symbols.And there are some people out there wh...
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JAMES GRIME: There are people out there who want to changethe way that you count.They want to change the world so that we stop counting using10 symbols and start counting using 12 symbols.I love them.I think these guys are great.Let's talk about what we know so far.So, the way we count is the decimal system.It uses 10 symbols.So, let's just write those out, first of all.0, 1, 2, 8, 9.Once we get to this point, we start to have to make ournumbers using combinations of the symbols we've already got.12, 13, 14, 22, 23.Now, if we had been born with six fingers on each hand, thenwe would have 12 fingers, and maybe we would have startedusing something called the dozenal system where it'sbased on 12 symbols.And there are some people out there wh...
