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A humor-inflected history of the of the number one, covering military applications in ancient Rome, the measurement of distances in India, and the decimal system created by Leibnitz.
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Status: Released
Released Date: 2005-09-28
Runtime: 60 mins
Director: Nick Murphy
Spoken language: English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: The Story of 1
Production Companies: BBC
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