Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history

About this film

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.

Directors & creators

TED.com

Subjects

TEDTalks, TED, Talks, history, language, literature, math, science, TED2012, 2012

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