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The Story of 1

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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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