BBC - The Story of Maths (2008) Part 2 The Genius of the East

Four-part series about the history of mathematics, presented by Oxford professor Marcus du Sautoy

Part 2: The Genius of the East

When ancient Greece fell into decline, mathematical progress stagnated as Europe entered the Dark Ages, but in the East mathematics reached new heights. Du Sautoy explores how maths helped build imperial China and discovers how the symbol for the number zero was invented in India. He also looks at the Middle Eastern invention of algebra and how mathematicians such as Fibonacci spread Eastern knowledge to the West.

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