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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 great mathematicians of China, India, the Persian Empire and Italy.
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 great mathematicians of China, India, the Persian Empire and Italy.
| 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: | Robin Dashwood |
| Producer: | Robin Dashwood |
| Screenwriter: | Marcus Du Sautoy |
| Presenter: | Marcus Du Sautoy |
| Contributor: | Marcus Du Sautoy |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Bhaskara; Lodovico Ferrari; Omar Khayyam; Tartaglia |
| Subject terms: | Aryabhatãtã,--b. 476; Brahmagupta,--7th cent; Cardano, Girolamo,--1501-1576; Fibonacci, Leonardo,--ca. 1170-ca. 1240; Madhava,--13th cent; Mathematics; Mathematics--China--History; Mathematics--India--History; Mathematics--Italy--History; Qin, Jiushao,--13th cent |
| Production number: | LAAK548H |
| Videofinder number: | 7937 |
| Available to public: | no |
