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The World in Motion

Math and the Rise of Civilization

Season 1Episode 4Aired 2011-12-26
The World in Motion

The World in Motion

This episode moves to the Renaissance period when European scientists were eager to use the formulas and philosophies learned from the Greeks to discover the mathematical secrets of the world and the universe. We witness the emergence of differential and integral calculus in a competitive environment so strong that competing theories divided the Western world.