L'odyssée des chiffres subtitles
TV series. 2025. Documentary.
Also known as Die Odyssee der Zahlen, La historia de los números, Siffrornas okända historia, 0 to 9 : The Secret History of Numbers.
The history of our modern Indo-Arabic numeral system begins in Mesopotamia, leads through India to the Arab world – and from there around the globe. This three-part series explores how the "Arabic numerals" began their triumphant march and the special role that zero played in this process. From its beginnings to modern computer science – today, numbers are the universal language of the world.