April 16, 2015

Brief History of Mathematics And The Question of Its Origin




Math is great for describing the physical world, but falls short when describing economics, the stock market and weather. Engineers use approximations for their creations, which work well in the real world. Fun and exciting brief history. In a recent conversation I said math is an integral part of music. This was verified in this film. Explained are Aristotle's error, Gallileo's, Newton's and Maxwell's contribution to knowledge, and many more. 

Program Description
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?

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/great-math-mystery.html

Mystery of Mathematics
NOVA
April 15, 2015

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