The Story of 1 (2005) Online
- Original Title :
- The Story of 1
- Genre :
- Movie / Documentary / Comedy / History
- Year :
- 2005
- Directror :
- Nick Murphy
- Cast :
- Terry Jones,Marcus du Sautoy,Leo Jampinjinpa Wayne
- Type :
- Movie
- Time :
- 1h
- Rating :
- 7.5/10
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 of the number zero, the development of algebra in the Islamic world, the decline of Roman numerals in the west, and the development of the binary system.
Credited cast: | |||
Terry Jones | - | Himself - Presenter | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Marcus du Sautoy | - | Himself - Mathematician | |
Leo Jampinjinpa Wayne | - | Himself - Australian Aborigine Tribesman |
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