Watching Brief: History of Zero Pushed Back by 500 Years! - Sept 2017

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Channel: Archaeosoup · 2017 · Education

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Welcome to Watching Brief. A monthly show available via podcast and as topical segments via YouTube. As the name implies, each month my co-host Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) and I cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what we find.

Links:

History of zero pushed back 500 years by ancient Indian text:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2147450-history-of-zero-pushed-back-500-years-by-ancient-indian-text/

Carbon Dating Reveals the History of Zero Is Older Than Previously Thought:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dating-ancient-indian-text-gives-new-timeline-history-zero-180964896/

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