University of Kentucky Math Movie of the Month presents: The Story of 1.

The history of this number presented by Monty Python’s Terry Jones. 

“Terry Jones takes a humor filled journey to discover the amazing tale that lies behind the simplest number we have. Using computer graphics, 1 is brought to life for the program, in all its various guises. 1’s story reveals how the most celebrated civilizations in history were achieved, where our modern numbers came from and how the invention of zero changed the world forever and saved us from having to use Roman numerals today.” – 60 min

Friday December 9th, 2016 7:30pm in Classroom Building 118 

For more information see: www.math.uky.edu/~movies