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The Great Math Mystery
Join NOVA on a mathematical mystery tour—a provocative exploration of math's astonishing power across the centuries. We discover math's signature in the swirl of a nautilus shell, the whirlpool of a galaxy, and the spiral in the center of a sunflower. Math was essential to everything from the first wireless radio transmissions to the prediction and discovery of the Higgs boson and the successful landing of rovers on Mars. Astrophysicist and writer Mario Livio, along with a colorful cast of mathematicians, physicists, and engineers, follow math from Pythagoras to Einstein and beyond. It all leads to the ultimate riddle: Is math a human invention or the discovery of the language of the universe?
Aired: Apr 15, 2015 Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 55m Rating: 3 Country: United States of America Production: GBH
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01: Vaccines Calling the Shots02: Rise of the Hackers03: Why Planes Vanish04: Surviving Ebola05: Ben Franklin's Balloons06: First Air War07: Bigger Than T. rex08: Emperor’s Ghost Army09: Killer Landslides10: First Man on the Moon11: Big Bang Machine12: Sunken Ship Rescue13: Sinkholes—Buried Alive14: Colosseum: Roman Death Trap15: Petra: Lost City of Stone16: Hagia Sophia: Istanbul’s Ancient Mystery17: The Great Math Mystery18: Invisible Universe Revealed19: Nazi Attack on America20: Lethal Seas21: Chasing Pluto22: Nuclear Meltdown Disaster