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Category Theory: Exploring Mathematics’ Deepest Truths With Eugenia Cheng (#362)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

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Cultural Differences in Numbering Systems and Irritations with the Millennium

The chapter discusses the annoyance with cultural differences in numbering systems, such as floor zero in the UK and the absence of a button for the number 13 in American elevators, but emphasizes that these differences are not significant enough to be bothered about.

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