Deep Time: The Tyranny of Time
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The History of Time
He said it was the Egyptians who decided there would be 12 hours. The Babylonians, on the other hand, chose 60 minutes. Why those numbers? He says they already had a sophisticated numerical system. And base 60 is a really good system for manipulating numbers - pretty much everything divides into 60.
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