Release Date

15 Apr, 2015

Runtime

00:54: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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?

Original Title

NOVA: The Great Math Mystery

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Actors

Jay O. Sanders

Glenn Kalison

Max Tegmark

Esperanza Spalding

Sylvester James Gates

Adam Steltzner

Janna Levin

Simon Schaffer

Savas Dimopoulos

Roger Penrose

Stephen Wolfram

Crew

Matt Norman

Kevin Young

Dan McCabe

Richard Reisz

Chris Schmidt

Richard Reisz

Dan McCabe

Brian Truglio

Dan McCabe

Mike Duffield

Guy Tetzner

David Keene

Ben Turney

Stephen McCarthy