The Story of Maths
TV-G
7.9
2008
Documentary
Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, escorts you through the most important of all intellectual disciplines: Mathematics, the Empress of the Sciences.
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- Cast：
- Marcus du Sautoy
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EP1 - The Language of the Universe
October. 06,2008
Marcus du Sautoy looks at the contributions of the great Greek mathematicians.
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EP2 - The Genius of the East
October. 13,2008
A look at the rise of mathematics in the East, as the West entered the Dark Ages.
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EP3 - The Frontiers of Space
October. 20,2008
How Europe took over as the world's mathematical powerhouse by the 17th century.
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EP4 - To Infinity and Beyond
October. 27,2008
Marcus du Sautoy examines unsolved problems that confronted 20th-century mathematicians.
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