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Math and the Rise of Civilization

20111 Season50m episodes

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Runtime: 50m episodes
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A guided tour of the history of numbers and how they’ve shaped the development of humankind is at the heart of this unique series. In five episodes that take us across time and around the world, we see how mathematics played an important role in ancient Egypt and Greece, early India, medieval Europe, and our own modern world. Computer graphics make mathematical formulae accessible and interesting, while dramatic reenactments of history pique the viewer’s interest.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Dec 19, 2011
Network: EBS 1

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4 hrs

5 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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SERIES

Math and the Rise of Civilization

20111 Season50m episodes

Documentary

Your rating

Runtime: 50m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: KR

About

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Dec 19, 2011 · 50m
The Beginning of Numbers
The narrator takes the spectator on a journey from the pyramids to the bed of the Nile, demonstrating the need to maintain social and geographical stability after the Nile's annual floods. The Inundation is a driving force for the development of numbers and early geometry.
E2 · Airs Dec 20, 2011 · 50m
The Elements
In this episode we move to the Greek civilization, where meticulous thinkers used logic and reason to build the foundations of mathematics laid down by the Egyptians. Along with Pythagoras, to whom we owe the famous theorem, these philosophers have shown, through mathematics, the principles of geometry we know today.
E3 · Airs Dec 21, 2011 · 50m
The Divinity of Numbers
Our journey takes us to the east, the Indian subcontinent, where we find the zero. Representing both 'nothing' and the infinite possibility, this unique digit, when used as a marker, it is a cornerstone of modern mathematics. Along with negative numbers, this innovation has opened, both east and west, never imagined numbers.
E4 · Airs Dec 26, 2011 · 50m
The World in Motion
This episode moves to the Renaissance period when European scientists were eager to use the formulas and philosophies learned from the Greeks to discover the mathematical secrets of the world and the universe. We witness the emergence of differential and integral calculus in a competitive environment so strong that competing theories divided the Western world.
E5 · Airs Dec 27, 2011 · 50m
Conquering Math’s New Frontiers
In this last episode, we are transported to the modern era, where we can witness that the spirit of mathematics innovation is alive and kicking. We focus us on the great current minds, who have sought to resolve some of the great mathematical issues still unresolved in the past, including Fermat's last theorem and the Poincaré conjecture. It serves to remind us that mathematics is still with territories left to unravel.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Dec 19, 2011
Network: EBS 1

Time to finish

4 hrs

5 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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