Hardy and Ramanujan
Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science: GH Hardy and the prime number 'menace'.
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, G.H.Hardy, the mathematician who insisted he had never done anything useful. And yet his work on the "diabolical malice" inherent in prime numbers inspired the millions of codes that now help to keep the internet safe.
Producer: Anna Buckley
From 2010.
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A Brief History of Mathematics
Professor Marcus du Sautoy reveals the personalities behind the calculations.
