NOVA: The Great Math Mystery

NOVA: The Great Math Mystery

7.8 | 2015-04-15 | Documentary History 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?

Featured Crew

Matt Norman Original Music Composer
Kevin Young Supervising Producer
Richard Reisz Director
Dan McCabe Producer
Chris Schmidt Executive Producer
Richard Reisz Producer
Dan McCabe Director
Brian Truglio Editor
Gary Henoch Camera Operator
Guy Tetzner Editor

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