¿Te has preguntado por qué un minuto tiene sesenta segundos? ¿Y de dónde viene el sistema numeral que usamos? En esta serie de videos, explicaré algunas cuestiones interesantes de la historia de los números. En este primer capítulo hablaremos del hueso de Ishango —que es una reliquia matemática perteneciente a la prehistoria— y de su descubridor, Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt. También hablaremos del sistema numeral sumerio, así como de las tablillas Mul.apin y Plimpton 322. Y por último, explicaremos qué tiene todo que ver con la medida del tiempo y los ángulos.
Fernando Cervera Rodríguez has a degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Valencia, where he also completed a master’s degree in Molecular Approaches in Health Sciences. His research work has focused on aspects related to molecular biology and human health. He has written content for various platforms and is an editor for Plaza Magazine and Muy Interesante. He has been a finalist for the Boehringer national award for health journalism and winner of the Literary Award for Scientific Dissemination of the Ciutat de Benicarló in 2022. He has also published a book with the Laetoli publishing house, which deals with skepticism, biomedical scams and pseudoscience in general. The book is entitled “The art of selling shit”, and another with the Círculo Rojo publishing house and entitled “In favor of animal experimentation”. In addition, he is a founding member of the Association to Protect the Patient from Pseudoscientific Therapies.