
Description
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.
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.
Series: | The code |
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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 |
Available to public: | no |