
NOVA: The Great Math Mystery

NOVA leads viewers 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. But where does math get its power? Astrophysicist and writer Mario Livio, along with a colorful cast of mathematicians, physicists and engineers, follows math from Pythagoras to Einstein and beyond, all leading to the ultimate riddle: Is math an invention or a discovery? Humankind's clever trick or the language of the universe?
Genre: Mystery, History, Documentary
Actor: Jay O. Sanders, Glenn Kalison, Max Tegmark, Esperanza Spalding, Sylvester James Gates, Adam Steltzner, Janna Levin, Simon Schaffer, Savas Dimopoulos, Roger Penrose
Director: Richard Reisz, Dan McCabe, Daniel McCabe
Country: United States of America
Produced By: GBH, WGBH Boston, Public Broadcasting Service
Runtime: 54
Release: 2015
Rating: 7.8 out of 10
Language: English,
Views: 121
Content Rating:NR
Quality: DVD
Also known as: 数学大迷思, NOVA: The Great Math Mystery, The Great Math Mystery
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