The Story of 1 Soundtrack (2005)

Synopsis

Terry Jones presents this documentary about number one. He examines the early evidence for counting, the use of numbers for simple arithmetic in Sumer, the development of large numbers and their use for engineering in Egypt, the worship of numbers by Pythagoras, and the theoretical mathematics of Archimedes. It also discusses the use of numerals 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 numerals. romans. binary system.

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