
Description
This series looks at the 30,000 year history of maths including the lives of great mathematicians, how their theories developed and how these ideas are still at the root of science, technology and ...culture today. This programme focuses on the mathematicians of ancient Egypt, Babylon and Greece.
This series looks at the 30,000 year history of maths including the lives of great mathematicians, how their theories developed and how these ideas are still at the root of science, technology and ...culture today. This programme focuses on the mathematicians of ancient Egypt, Babylon and Greece.
Series: | The Story of Maths |
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First transmission date: | 2008 |
Published: | 2008 |
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Duration: | 01:00:00 |
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Director: | Karen McGann |
Producer: | Karen McGann |
Screenwriter: | Marcus Du Sautoy |
Presenter: | Marcus Du Sautoy |
Contributors: | Chris Anagnostakis; Jim Carlson; S.(Serafina) Cuomo; Annette Imhausen; Marcus Du Sautoy |
Publisher: | BBC Open University |
Keyword(s): | Hypatia; Pythagoras; Rhind papyrus |
Subject terms: | Archimedes; Euclid; Mathematics; Mathematics, Ancient; Mathematics, Babylonian; Mathematics, Egyptian; Mathematics, Greek; Plato |
Production number: | LAAK547N |
Videofinder number: | 7935 |
Available to public: | no |