Babylonians developed trigonometry 'superior' to modern day version 3,700 years ago
'The Ancient Babylonians knew about a form of trigonometry #math more advanced than the modern-day version – about 1,000 years before its supposed invention by the Ancient Greeks
[....] “Why? It all comes down to fractions. We count in base 10 which only has two exact fractions, one half, which is 0.5, and one fifth, which is 0.2.
“That’s problematic if you want to divide. For example, one dollar divided by three is 33 cents with one cent left over.
“The Babylonians counted in base 60, the same system we use for telling time. This has many more exact fractions.
“It doesn’t sound like much, but this allowed them to do a lot more exact division. One hour divided by three is 20 minutes – exactly...'