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Originally Posted by jtmckinley
Here's an entertaining (IMHO) history of numbers narrated by Terry Jones of Monty Python fame. It doesn't go as far as calculus and more advanced forms of mathematics, but I think even VAXman might be amused/enlightened by it. I learned a couple of things whilst I was watching, for example, I wasn't aware that Leibniz had come up with binary in the 1600s, or at least I don't remember that I knew that. So without further ado, here's the link:
http://throwawayyourtv.com/2006/11/story-of-one.html |
What a great documentary, JT, thank you for the link. I learned a lot this evening..
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