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The mathematics of history - Jean-Baptiste Michel

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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.

Explain how data was used to analyze the change in irregular verb conjugation over 12 centuries. Is this trend what you would have expected?

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