The Mathematicians Who Helped Einstein
Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science: mathematicians who helped Albert Einstein.
This ten part history of mathematics from Newton to the present day, reveals the personalities behind the calculations: the passions and rivalries of mathematicians struggling to get their ideas heard. Professor Marcus du Sautoy shows how these masters of abstraction find a role in the real world and proves that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science.
Today, the pioneering nineteenth century mathematicians who helped Albert Einstien with his maths: Jonas Bolyai, Nicolas Loachevski and Bernhard Riemann. Without the mathematics to describe curved space and multiple dimensions, the theory of relativity doesn't really work.
Producer: Anna Buckley
From 2010.
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Mon 21 Jun 2010 15:45麻豆社 Radio 4- Wed 29 Sep 2010 23:45麻豆社 Radio 4
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