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Marcus du Sautoy reveals a hidden numerical code that underpins all nature. A code that has the power to explain everything, from the numbers and shapes we see all around us to the rules that gover...n our own lives. In this first episode Marcus reveals how significant numbers appear all throughout the natural world. For centuries these numbers have been interpreted as the work of the divine, but we now know they're part of 'the code' - a hidden mathematical world that contains the rules that govern everything on our planet... and beyond.
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Series: The code
Episode 1
First transmission date: 2011
Published: 2011
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Duration: 00:58:46
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Director: Stephen Cooter
Producer: Stephen Cooter
Presenter: Marcus Du Sautoy
Contributor: Marcus Du Sautoy
Publisher: BBC Open University
Link to related site: Website: http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/whats-on/ou-on-the-bbc-the-code
Master spool number: BOU050790
Production number: FKAI291X
Videofinder number: 82079
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