The Story of 1
Season 2005Episode 52Season 2005Episode 54

E53 The Story of 1

BBC Documentaries / Season 2005 / Episode 53

28 Sept, 2005 · 1h

 
Season 2005Episode 52Season 2005Episode 54

E53 The Story of 1

BBC Documentaries / Season 2005 / Episode 53

28 Sept, 2005 · 1h

 

Terry Jones hosts this documentary on the number one. It looks at early evidence of counting, the use of numbers for simple arithmetic in Sumeria, the development of large numbers and their use for engineering in Egypt, the worship of numbers by Pythagoras and the theoretical mathematics of the Archimedes. It also looks at the use of numbers by the Romans, the development of Arabic numerals in India, the discovery... see more

Terry Jones hosts this documentary on the number one. It looks at early evidence of counting, the use of numbers for simple arithmetic in Sumeria, the development of large numbers and their use for engineering in Egypt, the worship of numbers by Pythagoras and the theoretical mathematics of the Archimedes. It also looks at the use of numbers by the Romans, the development of Arabic numerals in India, the discovery... see more
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