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Series in which Professor Marcus du Sautoy explores why we are driven to measure and quantify the world around us and why we have reduced the universe to just a handful of fundamental units of measurement. From the first cave paintings of Cro-Magnon man to today's atomic clocks, he shows how our human desire for ever greater precision has changed the course of history and society.

Precision: The Measure of All Things (2013)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MP4/AVC @ 3005 Kbps | 3x~59min | Audio: English AAC 160 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English | 3.89 GiB
Genre: Documentary

Marcus du Sautoy shows how precision measurement has helped to define and advance civilisation. It has taken us from Stone Age Skymaps to the exploration of outer space. Packed with cutting-edge science and jaw-dropping examples from the modern world, this is a journey from sundials to time lords and lasers.

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