The Story of Maths: The Genius of the East

[Al-Hanbali]

The Story of Maths: The Genius of the East

Four-part series about the history of mathematics, presented by Oxford professor Marcus du Sautoy.

When ancient Greece fell into decline, mathematical progress stagnated as Europe entered the Dark Ages, but in the East mathematics reached new heights.

Du Sautoy visits China and explores how maths helped build imperial China and was at the heart of such amazing feats of engineering as the Great Wall.

In India, he discovers how the symbol for the number zero was invented and Indian mathematicians' understanding of the new concepts of infinity and negative numbers.

In the Middle East, he looks at the invention of the new language of algebra and the spread of Eastern knowledge to the West through mathematicians such as Leonardo Fibonacci, creator of the Fibonacci Sequence.

-----> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dzy91

[Al-Hanbali]

...it's quite interesting; the guy also talks a bit about the progression of mathematics in the Muslim world.

[Güven]

too bad you can only watch it in the UK :(

[Al-Hanbali]

^ ow, I just realised that...its only available to UK viewers...

hmm, I'll see if I can find it elsewhere...

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[Yanal]

too bad you can only watch it in the UK :(

I though you lived in UK. Anyway nice story.

[Pk_#2]

I though you lived in UK. Anyway nice story.

Nah he's German, innay Goovy? :coolious:

[Güven]

Nah he's German, innay Goovy? :coolious:

.....NO im not german , I LIVE in Holland...for the millionth time...

[The Khan]

And he's Turk.

Anyway, it will surely be uploaded on youtube, right? Sooner or later.

[maryam87]

.....NO im not german , I LIVE in Holland...for the millionth time...

cool, whats Holland like to live in?

[Güven]

lol this is not the right thread, please...

and holland is cold :skeleton:

:w:

[IbnAbdulHakim]

ist interesting !