他们的数制是袭用巴比伦人的,以数字6的倍数为基准。
Their numerical system, derived from the Babylonians, was based on multiples of the number six.
其他文化就不那么迷上十进制了:古代巴比伦人以60的倍数计数,而在现代世界里我们可以看到他们这一数字系统的残留痕迹。
Other cultures were not so hooked on powers of 10: the ancient Babylonians collected things in powers of 60, and we see hangovers of their system of numbers in the modern world.
在巴比伦人使用的数字后面加‘0’的效果远远比在我们现代十进制数字后面添加‘0’的效果还要恐怖。
The effect of putting zeros on the end of a Babylonian number is therefore even more devastating than on our modern decimal notation.
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