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How Money Created Math
Season 6
Episode 7
A common complaint that math teachers hear is, "When am I going to need this in the real world?" When you're sitting in algebra class, it's easy to feel like it's all theoretical–a bunch of imaginary numbers and rules dreamed up by philosophers trying to prove to each other how smart they were. But the origins of math are deeply practical. So how did Money create Math?
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