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Leonardo’s range of knowledge fascination with flying led directly to the development of modern aircraft, nearly four centuries later.
While adding up your grocery bill in the supermarket, you’re probably not thinking how important or sophisticated our number system is. But the discovery of the present system, by unknown mathematicians…
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