A Brief History of Mathematics
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Categorias: Educación
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This ten part history of mathematics from Newton to the present day, reveals the personalities behind the calculations: the passions and rivalries of mathematicians struggling to get their ideas heard. Professor Marcus du Sautoy shows how these masters of abstraction find a role in the real world and proves that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science.
Today, the mathematician that never was, Nicolas Bourbaki. A group of French mathematicians, working between the two world wars and writing under the pseudonym Nicolas Bourbaki transformed their discipline and paved the way for several mathematical breakthroughs in the 21st century.
Producer: Anna Buckley
From 2010.
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10 - Nicolas BourbakiFri, 01 Oct 2010
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9 - Hardy and RamanujanFri, 01 Oct 2010
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8 - Henri PoincaréThu, 30 Sep 2010
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7 - Georg CantorThu, 30 Sep 2010
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6 - The Mathematicians Who Helped EinsteinWed, 29 Sep 2010
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5 - Carl Friedrich GaussWed, 29 Sep 2010
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4 - Evariste GaloisTue, 28 Sep 2010
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3 - Joseph FourierTue, 28 Sep 2010
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2 - Leonhard EulerMon, 27 Sep 2010
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1 - Newton and LeibnizMon, 27 Sep 2010
