The Story of Maths Season 1

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The Language of the Universe
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1x01 The Language of the Universe aired Oct 06, 2008

In this opening programme Marcus du Sautoy looks at how fundamental mathematics is to our lives before exploring the mathematics of ancient Egypt, Mesopotami... read more

The Genius of the East
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1x02 The Genius of the East aired Oct 13, 2008

When ancient Greece fell into decline, mathematical progress stagnated as Europe fell under the shadow of the Dark Ages. But in the East, mathematics would r... read more

The Frontiers of Space
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1x03 The Frontiers of Space aired Oct 20, 2008

By the seventeenth century Europe had taken over from the Middle East as the world’s power house of mathematical ideas. Great strides had been made in unders... read more

To Infinity and Beyond
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1x04 To Infinity and Beyond aired Oct 27, 2008

In the last programme in the series, Marcus du Sautoy looks at some of the great unsolved problems that confronts mathematics in the twentieth century and te... read more

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