Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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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 ↓↓↓

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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: dulwich.org.uk/about/history/the-archives

The college is the keeper of the famed Henslowe Diary.

More Rob Eastaway on Numberphile: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWLpGjPX_Qn0D9gzVkYVTSuU

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

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Rob Eastaway's website: robeastaway.com

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