8/Historical Note

Historical Note on $8$

In the mundane world, the most immediately relevant appearance of the number $8$ is the number of notes in an octave of a diatonic scale.


Sources

  • 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $8$
  • 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $8$
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