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“We Were Traumatized by Science” – BBC Spoofs Science Education
The Brits really know how to make science absurd. Before John Cleese’s nonsensical science podcasts, there was the BBC spoof, Look Around You. The show, which aired in the early aughts, made fun of old science education videos – right … Continue reading
The Connection Between Prime Numbers and Music
Prime numbers––those divisible only by themselves and one––have confounded mathematicians for centuries. Because mathematicians rely on patterns, the fact that primes occur at seemingly random intervals (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13…) makes them the Holy Grail of math. Many … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Documentary, Marcus du Sautoy, primes, Riemann's Hypothesis
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The Inspired “Story of Math”
The excellent four-hour BBC documentary The Story of Math introduces viewers to the great mathematicians and their contributions by traveling to the places they lived and that inspired them. Host and Oxford Professor Marcus du Sautoy is most engaging as … Continue reading
