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A Brief History of Mathematics

BBC

Professor of Mathematics Marcus du Sautoy reveals the personalities behind the calculations and argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science

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Listen to A Brief History of Mathematics, a Society & Culture podcast by BBC. Stream 10 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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10 episodes

Nicolas Bourbaki

This ten part history of mathematics from Newton to the present day, reveals the personalities behind the calculations: the passions and riv...

14:36Oct 1, 2010

Hardy and Ramanujan

This ten part history of mathematics from Newton to the present day, reveals the personalities behind the calculations: the passions and riv...

14:18Oct 1, 2010

Henri Poincaré

This ten part history of mathematics from Newton to the present day, reveals the personalities behind the calculations: the passions and riv...

14:08Sep 30, 2010

Georg Cantor

This ten part history of mathematics from Newton to the present day, reveals the personalities behind the calculations: the passions and riv...

14:18Sep 30, 2010

The Mathematicians Who Helped Einstein

This ten part history of mathematics from Newton to the present day, reveals the personalities behind the calculations: the passions and riv...

13:52Sep 29, 2010

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science: German mathematician, Carl Friedrich Gaus. This ten par...

13:49Sep 29, 2010

Evariste Galois

Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science: mathematics during the French Revolution. This ten part...

13:43Sep 28, 2010

Joseph Fourier

Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science: Joseph Fourier’s insightful maths. This ten part histor...

14:10Sep 28, 2010

Leonhard Euler

Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science: Leonhard Euler and an 18th-century puzzle. This ten-par...

13:32Sep 27, 2010

Newton and Leibniz

Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science: Newton, Leibniz and calculus. This ten-part history of...

14:18Sep 27, 2010

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