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Life of Numbers

The history and properties of numbers

World Service,6 episodes

Episodes

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Zero
How and where did the concept of zero come from?
16 Jan 1995,8 mins
Two
How is a bicycle a six-dimensional object? And what does the number 2 have to do with it?
23 Jan 1995,8 mins
Pi
The number that reveals how long a circumference of a circle is in terms of its radius
30 Jan 1995,8 mins
Ten
Why do we use base 10, rather than base 7, or base 15?
06 Feb 1995,8 mins
The Golden Number
Why have some numbers been given names?
13 Feb 1995,8 mins
The Number Five
Why does number 5 feature so heavily in the patterns in nature?
20 Feb 1995,8 mins