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- DirectorCharles EamesRay EamesThe degree to which an object is symmetrical is illustrated by the number of different positions in which it can fit into a box of its shape.
- DirectorNick MurphyStarsTerry JonesMarcus du SautoyLeo Jampinjinpa WayneTerry Jones hosts this documentary on the number one. It looks at early evidence of counting, the use of numbers for simple arithmetic in Sumeria, the development of large numbers and their use for engineering in Egypt, the worship of numbers by Pythagoras and the theoretical mathematics of the Archimedes. It also looks at the use of numbers by the Romans, the development of Arabic numerals in India, the discovery of the number zero, the development of algebra in the Islamic world, the decline of Roman numerals in the west, and the development of the binary system.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarsRobert MorleyA simple line attempts to woo his true love, a dot, away from the unkempt squiggle she prefers. But he'll have to learn to bend before she'll notice him.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancDick BealsBea BenaderetIn his first of two Warner Bros. cartoons, schoolboy Ralph Phillips daydreams in class, the lessons inspiring his fantasy heroics, such as being a pony-express rider, a deep-sea diver, a boxing champion and even General Douglas MacArthur.
- DirectorDick GillingStarsJacob BronowskiIn the ascent of Man, two figures stride like gods: Newton and Einstein.
- DirectorDavid KennardMichael O'ConnellStarsJoe DeFrancescoRodney BrooksArthur C. ClarkeHow close are we to building a real HAL-9000 computer?
- DirectorMichael BicksStarsRodney BrooksEric BrownTodd CrainWatson, an IBM computer with a brain the size of 2,400 home computers and a database of 10 million documents, competes on the game show Jeopardy! (1984) against champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Will Watson win?