A Brief History of Mathematics
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Narrated by:
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Marcus du Sautoy
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By:
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Marcus du Sautoy
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This ten-part history of mathematics reveals the personalities behind the calculations: the passions and rivalries of mathematicians struggling to get their ideas heard. Professor Marcus du Sautoy shows how these masters of abstraction find a role in the real world and proves that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science.
He explores the relationship between Newton and Leibniz, the men behind the calculus; looks at how the mathematics that Euler invented 200 years ago paved the way for the internet and discovers how Fourier transformed our understanding of heat, light and sound. In addition, he finds out how Galois' mathematics describes the particles that make up our universe, how Gaussian distribution underpins modern medicine, and how Riemann's maths helped Einstein with his theory of relativity. Finally, he introduces Cantor, who discovered infinite numbers; Poincaré, whose work gave rise to chaos theory; G.H. Hardy, whose work inspired the millions of codes that help to keep the internet safe, and Nicolas Bourbaki, the mathematician who never was.
The BBC Radio 4 series looking at the people who shaped modern mathematics, written and presented by Marcus du Sautoy.
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- Daniel
- 28-12-2023
Breadth of applications
So many fields of science impacted in material ways by maths. And sadly many brilliant mathematicians have not been recognized or had their careers cut short
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- Mark Douglas
- 12-06-2024
Unstoppable growth of science based on shared perspectives in mathematics evolution.
I loved all of it, the exciting narration and wonder of the human capacity for adventure and sharing with admiration of other humans involved in the inexorable march of secular knowledge and philosophy.
As the bible says with my own spin on it “there is nothing Man will be unable to do when he sets his mind to it, except to bring about peace without including God”!
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