Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history

What can mathematics say about history? According to TED Fellow Jean-Baptiste Michel, quite a lot. From changes to language to the deadliness of wars, he shows how digitized history is just starting to reveal deep underlying patterns.

 

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  1. Brian
    May 17, 2012 @ 18:57:36

    Intertesting to be sure but it sounded more like ‘fun facts’ than ‘paradigm shift’.

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