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The Making of Numbers – What’s Old is News

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By Sean Graham We’re back from our hiatus and this week I talk with Molly Farrell, author of New World Calculation: The Making of Numbers in Colonial America. We discuss the motivation for the book, the creation of numerology, and how numbers exist within a broader cultural context. We also chat about their colonial use, how numerology coincided with slavery,… Read more »