In the world of science documentaries the subject of mathematics, let’s be honest, is an underdog. There aren’t that many documentaries, but the quality of them, more often than not, is quite good. “The Story of Math” is not an exception. It’s another interesting documentary hosted by Marcus du Sautoy. So let’s check it out. Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy (born in London in 1965) is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of...
Among science documentaries, the ones about physics and technology seem to be dominating the screen these days. That’s why it’s always nice to see something a little different, for instance documentary about maths. So today let’s take a look at one of the earlier works including mathematician and a popular writer Marcus du Sautoy as well as Terry Jones and Nick Murphy. “The Story of 1″ delves into the history of mathematics to explore...
Marcus Du Sautoy can be called a pioneer of popular mathematics — he is one of the few hosts, who actually brought popularity to mathematics documentaries. Just a decade ago it was really hard to find a good mathematics documentary, but today there is a number of great documentaries that reach the quality standart of the leading science documentaries. The list of good documentaries would be rather long, so I would just like to mention “The Story of Math”...
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