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The Shape of Wealth

A light-hearted exploration of numbers and science, presented by Johnny Ball. Today's programme is about wealth and features a giant roll-a-penny, dice, diamonds, the Crown Jewels and gold bars.

A light-hearted exploration of numbers and science, presented by Johnny Ball. Today's programme is about wealth and features a giant roll-a-penny, dicey things about dice, a number over 1,000 miles long, diamonds, the Crown Jewels and gold bars.

Meanwhile, where would you place two minus signs and one plus sign in this sequence of numbers, 123456789, for them to total 100?

25 minutes

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Role Contributor
Presenter Johnny Ball
Series Producer Ann Reay

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