Math and the Rise of Civilization
Season 1 • Episode 2: The Elements • Watch with subtitles
Episode 2: The Elements
December 20, 2011 • 50 min
In this episode we move to the Greek civilization, where meticulous thinkers used logic and reason to build the foundations of mathematics laid down by the Egyptians. Along with Pythagoras, to whom we owe the famous theorem, these philosophers have shown, through mathematics, the principles of geometry we know today.
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