0 to 9 : The Secret History of Numbers(2025)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2025-05-25
Average Runtime: N/A
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 2
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
The history of our modern Indo-Arabic numeral system begins in Mesopotamia, leads through India to the Arab world – and from there around the globe. This three-part series explores how the "Arabic numerals" began their triumphant march and the special role that zero played in this process. From its beginnings to modern computer science – today, numbers are the universal language of the world.
Keywords
technologycivilizationmathematicsanthropologyeconomicsglobalinnovationnumbersreflectivescience knowledgeancient knowledgecomputinghistorysciencearchaeologyhistorical documentaryinformativescientific explorationabstractionscientific documentarycross-cultural
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Movistar Plus+ Ficción Total Seasons & Episodes
Miniseries
Episodes: 3E01
How it all began
Air Date: 2025-05-25
They serve us for calculating, measuring, or coding, yet little is known about their history: numbers. From Mesopotam...
E02
The Triumph of Mathematics
Air Date: 2025-05-25
Why do we speak of "Arabic numerals" in Europe, even though they were "invented" in India? How did these ten little s...
E03
From Tool to Universal Code
Air Date: 2025-05-26
From Europe to America, from the beginnings of modern science to computer science: numbers have been omnipresent thro...
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