A quirky
look at five of the most important numbers in mathematics.
Hear about the stark reality behind the imaginary number, try
a slice of pi, find out about the natural beauty of the golden
ratio, discover why some infinities are bigger than others,
and see why nothing really matters.
How many
shuffles does it take to randomise a pack of cards? How many
colours do cartographers need? What is the largest prime
number? A quirky look at five numbers that lie at the heart of
some of the trickiest problems in
mathematics.
Life is all
about the choices we make. But what happens when you�re
trapped in the headlights of indecision? A light-hearted
programme for ditherers who want to become decisive, presented
by Ian Peacock.
Tuesdays 31 August to 28 September 2004
09.30-09.45am
He visits a
spherical building in Paris, hears music inspired by the
symmetries of the cube, finds out why pyramids proliferate at
the molecular level and why the bagel is not only good to eat,
but a great shape for buildings and cracking codes. But could
the most shapeless shape of all - the blob - soon dominate our
world?
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