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Dec 2011 - Dec 2011
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A guided tour of the history of numbers and how they’ve shaped the development of humankind is at the heart of this unique series. In five episodes that take us across time and around the world, we see how mathematics played an important role in ancient Egypt and Greece, early India, medieval Europe, and our own modern world. Computer graphics make mathematical formulae accessible and interesting, while dramatic reenactments of history pique the viewer’s interest.
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The Beginning of Numbers
S1 Ep1
4.8
19th Dec 2011
The narrator takes the spectator on a journey from the pyramids to the bed of the Nile, demonstrating the need to maintain social and geographical stability after the Nile's annual floods.
The Inundation is a driving force for the development of numbers and early geometry.
The Elements
S1 Ep2
20th Dec 2011
In this episode we move to the Greek civilization, where meticulous thinkers used logic and reason to build the foundations of mathematics laid down by the Egyptians.
Along with Pythagoras, to whom we owe the famous theorem, these philosophers have shown, through mathematics, the principles of geometry we know today.
The Divinity of Numbers
S1 Ep3
21st Dec 2011
Our journey takes us to the east, the Indian subcontinent, where we find the zero.
Representing both 'nothing' and the infinite possibility, this unique digit, when used as a marker, it is a cornerstone of modern mathematics. Along with negative numbers, this innovation has opened, both east and west, never imagined numbers.
The World in Motion
S1 Ep4
26th Dec 2011
This episode moves to the Renaissance period when European scientists were eager to use the formulas and philosophies learned from the Greeks to discover the mathematical secrets of the world and the universe.
We witness the emergence of differential and integral calculus in a competitive environment so strong that competing theories divided the Western world.
