BBC - The Story of Maths (2008) Part 3 The Frontiers of Space

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

Part 3: The Frontiers of Space

By the 17th century, Europe had taken over from the Middle East as the powerhouse of mathematical ideas. Great strides had been made in understanding the geometry of objects fixed in time and space. The race was on to discover the mathematics to describe objects in motion. This programme explores the work of Rene Descartes, Pierre Fermat, Isaac Newton, Leonard Euler and Carl Friedrich Gauss.

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