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The Story of Maths (2008) - Episode 2 of 4 - The Genius of the East

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The Story of Maths (2008) - Episode 2 of 4 - The Genius of the East

The Story of Maths (2008) - Episode 2 of 4 - The Genius of the East
Language: English | 57:15 min | XVID | 656×368 | 25 fps | MP3 - 128 kbps | 549 MB
Genre: Documentary

The Story of Maths is a four-part series about the history of mathematics, presented by Oxford Professor Marcus du Sautoy.. The series was a co-production between the Open University and the BBC and aired in October 2008 on BBC Four.


In this landmark series of films for BBC FOUR, Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, escorts viewers through the history of this most important of all intellectual disciplines. In a journey that takes him through the ages and around the world, he examines the development of key mathematical ideas and shows how, in a multitude of surprising ways, mathematical ideas underpin the science, technology, and culture that shape our world.

"Episode 02 - The Genius of the East" is a look at the rise of mathematics in the East, as the West entered the Dark Ages. In the second leg of his journey, Prof. Marcus du Sautoy visits China, India, Middle East and Italy. He discusses mathematical achievements of Asia, the Islamic world, and early-Renaissance Europe.

Topics include China’s invention of a decimal place number system and the development of an early version of Sudoku; India’s contribution to trigonometry and creation of a symbol for the number zero, as well as Indians’ understanding of the concepts of infinity and negative numbers; contributions of the empire of Islam, such as the development of algebra and the solving of cubic equations; and the spread of Eastern knowledge to the West through mathematicians like Leonardo Fibonacci.

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The Story of Maths (2008) - Episode 2 of 4 - The Genius of the East

The Story of Maths (2008) - Episode 2 of 4 - The Genius of the East

The Story of Maths (2008) - Episode 2 of 4 - The Genius of the East

The Story of Maths (2008) - Episode 2 of 4 - The Genius of the East

The Story of Maths (2008) - Episode 2 of 4 - The Genius of the East

The Story of Maths (2008) - Episode 2 of 4 - The Genius of the East

The Story of Maths (2008) - Episode 2 of 4 - The Genius of the East



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