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How to count to 60 on your fingers

As part of a talk about the nature of infinity, mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explains how the ancient Babylonians used their hands to count with base 60 - which explains why we still have 60 minutes in an hour.

Marcus du Sautoy's latest book is What We Cannot Know: Explorations at the Edge of Knowledge, published by Fourth Estate.

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