The Beauty of Diagrams

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Status

Ended

Original Name

The Beauty of Diagrams

First Air Date

November 18, 2010

Last Air Date

December 23, 2010

Seasons

1

Episodes

6

Language

English

Production Companies

Networks

BBC Four

S01E06

Pioneer Plaque

A look at the Pioneer Plaque, which was installed on the unmanned space probe Pioneer 10 to communicate facts about Earth and its inhabitants to potential life on other planets after its launch from Cape Canaveral in March 1972. The panel was engraved with graphic images and mathematical symbols, showing the location of its origin in the solar system and controversial naked figures of human beings.

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