Think of a Number - Season 4

Think of a Number - Season 4

Season 4

Network
Episodes6
DatesSep 15, 1982 - Oct 20, 1982
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Episodes

Episode 1
Season 4Episode 130 min

Episode 1

The first of six programmes with Johnny Ball This week Johnny finds out about reproduction, discovering where your heart is and what your voice looks like. Also a machine that looks like us, but doesn't think like us and next generation robots that don't look like us, but think like us. Meanwhile - get around to generating an answer to this one - how many grooves are there on the average long-playing record ?
Sep 15, 1982
Episode 2
Season 4Episode 230 min

Episode 2

Johnny finds out how to measure a metre, what keeps a marching soldier in line when he puts his best foot forward and how a laser gets the measure when spying on a locked room. Meanwhile - how many times can you take accurately three from 333 ?
Sep 22, 1982
Episode 3
Season 4Episode 330 min

Episode 3

This week Johnny looks at a few musical numbers - discovering that time can change the National Anthem but still rule the waves. He also finds the key to play a violin, with no strings attached - what a fiddle!
Sep 29, 1982
Episode 4
Season 4Episode 430 min

Episode 4

Johnny discovers the secrets of Doctor Who's Tardis, a box that looks like one but isn't and a machine that makes boxes quicker than you can. Also there's a disappearing box, a multiplying box and a box that's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Meanwhile - box clever with this. Five balls in a box -can you give them all to five friends so one remains in the box ?
Oct 6, 1982
Episode 5
Season 4Episode 530 min

Episode 5

Find out how you can draw hyperbolas, parabolas and about the illusion that something is there when it isn't. So this week watch out for things that go with a swing, and for curves there's no place like cone.
Oct 13, 1982
Episode 6
Season 4Episode 630 min

Episode 6

Find out if a fruit machine is fair and how skittles are at the fair. Also see some of the latest electronic games including some that talk backl Meanwhile, see if you're game for this one: line up ten balls in a box so that there are an equal number along each side.
Oct 20, 1982

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