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(0)Marcus Du Sautoy
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
450 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Ever since the dawn of civilization we have been driven by a desire to know. But are there limits to human knowledge? Are some things beyond the predictive powers of science and the capacities of the human brain? Or are those challenges the next big discovery waiting to happen? In The Great Unknown, one of the world’s most brilliant mathematicians takes us into the minds of science’s greatest innovators as he probes the many mysteries we have...
2) The code
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 174 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Author and Oxford University professor Marcus du Sautoy sets out to solve mathematical mysteries in this engaging and accessible BBC documentary. Du Sautoy travels from Chartres Cathedral to Grand Central Station in search of the mysterious hidden code that can unlock the very laws of the universe.
Numbers: "What do the precise proportions of Chartres Cathedral have in common with the life cycle of the lowly cicada, with how we hear sound, and with...