About this season
Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, escorts you through the most important of all intellectual disciplines: Mathematics, the Empress of the Sciences.
Episodes (4)
E1
1. The Language of the Universe
Aired 6 October 2008 • 60 min
Marcus du Sautoy looks at the contributions of the great Greek mathematicians.
E2
2. The Genius of the East
Aired 13 October 2008 • 60 min
A look at the rise of mathematics in the East, as the West entered the Dark Ages.
E3
3. The Frontiers of Space
Aired 20 October 2008 • 60 min
How Europe took over as the world's mathematical powerhouse by the 17th century.
E4
4. To Infinity and Beyond
Aired 27 October 2008 • 60 min
Marcus du Sautoy examines unsolved problems that confronted 20th-century mathematicians.