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.
17 May 2012 2 Comments
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.
Brian
May 17, 2012 @ 18:57:36
Intertesting to be sure but it sounded more like ‘fun facts’ than ‘paradigm shift’.
Roxanne Barbour
May 17, 2012 @ 19:04:54
Agreed, but it was an interesting video. I am going to be looking a little more into ted.com. They have some interesting stuff.