Documentary Description
Alan Davies attempts to answer the proverbial question: how long is a
piece of string? But what appears to be a simple task soon turns into a
mind-bending voyage of discovery where nothing is as it seems.
An encounter with leading mathematician Marcus du Sautoy reveals that
Alan's short length of string may in fact be infinitely long. When Alan
attempts to measure his string at the atomic scale, events take an even
stranger turn. Not only do objects appear in many places at once, but
reality itself seems to be an illusion.
Ultimately, Alan finds that measuring his piece of string could - in
theory at least - create a black hole, bringing about the end of the
world.
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