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The Story of 1 (2005)
TV Movie | 60 min | Documentary, Comedy, History

The Story of 1 (2005)

TV Movie | 60 min | Documentary, Comedy, History

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 ...See moreTerry 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. Written by Shatterdaymorn See less

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Name	Known for
Terry Jones Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	The Meaning of Life (1983)
Marcus du Sautoy Self - Mathematician Self - Mathematician See fewer	The Music of the Primes (2005)
Leo Jampinjinpa Wayne Self - Australian Aborigine Tribesman Self - Australian Aborigine Tribesman See fewer	Mary Bryant (2005)
Ahmed Boulane Taverne Man (uncredited) Taverne Man (uncredited) See fewer	Ali, Rabiaa et les autres (2000)
Fouad Challa Khalifa (uncredited) Khalifa (uncredited) See fewer	The Magic of Essaouira (2005)

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