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Last broadcast on Thu, 3 Sep 2009, 01:32 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
World-renowned building designer and engineer, Cecil Balmond, has long been fascinated with the enduring power of numbers. He sets off on a journey to explore their global story through symbols, patterns and designs. In Episode 1, he focuses on numbers as symbols. He explores their sacred and superstitious power, from Buddhism to Judaism; learns about the traditional north-African belief in the power of 5, and the Chinese ‘Book of Change’. He meets Professor Charles Burnett to discuss how the numbers we use today originated in India, before migrating to the Arabic world and then onto Europe.
Broadcasts
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Wed 2 Sep 200910:32
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Wed 2 Sep 200916:32
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Wed 2 Sep 200920:32
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Thu 3 Sep 200901:32
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