Overview
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?
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42 - 1Vaccines Calling the Shots September 10, 2014 -
42 - 2Rise of the Hackers September 24, 2014 -
42 - 3Why Planes Vanish October 08, 2014 -
42 - 4Surviving Ebola October 08, 2014 -
42 - 5Ben Franklin's Balloons October 22, 2014 -
42 - 6First Air War October 29, 2014 -
42 - 7Bigger Than T. rex November 05, 2014 -
42 - 8Emperor’s Ghost Army November 12, 2014 -
42 - 9Killer Landslides November 19, 2014 -
42 - 10First Man on the Moon December 03, 2014 -
42 - 11Big Bang Machine January 14, 2015 -
42 - 12Sunken Ship Rescue January 21, 2015 -
42 - 13Sinkholes—Buried Alive January 28, 2015 -
42 - 14Colosseum: Roman Death Trap February 11, 2015 -
42 - 15Petra: Lost City of Stone February 18, 2015 -
42 - 16Hagia Sophia: Istanbul’s Ancient Mystery February 25, 2015 -
42 - 17The Great Math Mystery April 15, 2015 -
42 - 18Invisible Universe Revealed April 22, 2015 -
42 - 19Nazi Attack on America May 06, 2015 -
42 - 20Lethal Seas May 13, 2015 -
42 - 21Chasing Pluto July 15, 2015 -
42 - 22Nuclear Meltdown Disaster July 29, 2015
