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Basic Info

First Air: December 19, 2011

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 5

Last Episode

Name: Conquering Math’s New Frontiers

Season: 1, Episode: 5

Air Date: 2011-12-27

Runtime: 50 min

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.

Math and the Rise of Civilization

2011 1 seasons 5 episodes

Overview

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.