Math and the Rise of Civilization - Season 1

Math and the Rise of Civilization - Season 1

Season 1

Network
DatesDec 19, 2011 - Dec 27, 2012

Episodes

Episode 1
Season 1Episode 150 min

Episode 1

The narrator takes the spectator on a journey from the pyramids to the bed of the Nile, demonstrating the need to maintain social and geographical stability after the Nile's annual floods. The Inundation is a driving force for the development of numbers and early geometry.
Dec 19, 2011
Episode 2
Season 1Episode 250 min

Episode 2

In this episode we move to the Greek civilization, where meticulous thinkers used logic and reason to build the foundations of mathematics laid down by the Egyptians. Along with Pythagoras, to whom we owe the famous theorem, these philosophers have shown, through mathematics, the principles of geometry we know today.
Dec 20, 2011
Episode 3
Season 1Episode 350 min

Episode 3

Our journey takes us to the east, the Indian subcontinent, where we find the zero. Representing both 'nothing' and the infinite possibility, this unique digit, when used as a marker, it is a cornerstone of modern mathematics. Along with negative numbers, this innovation has opened, both east and west, never imagined numbers.
Dec 21, 2011
Episode 4
Season 1Episode 450 min

Episode 4

This episode moves to the Renaissance period when European scientists were eager to use the formulas and philosophies learned from the Greeks to discover the mathematical secrets of the world and the universe. We witness the emergence of differential and integral calculus in a competitive environment so strong that competing theories divided the Western world.
Dec 26, 2011
Episode 5
Season 1Episode 550 min

Episode 5

Dec 27, 2012

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