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    • July 30, 2013 at 7:10 pm #1515
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      From A History of Mathematics by Carl Boyer:

      The number seven, for example, had been singled out for special awe, presumably on account of the seven wandering stars or planets from which the week (hence our names for the days of the week) is derived

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