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The Story of Maths is a four-part British television series outlining aspects of the history of mathematics. It was a co-production between the Open University and the BBC and aired in October 2008 on BBC Four. The material was written and presented by University of Oxford professor Marcus du Sautoy. The consultants were the Open University academics Robin Wilson, professor Jeremy Gray and June Barrow-Green. Kim Duke is credited as series producer.
Original Release
10/06/2008 on BBC
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Marcus du Sautoy | Self - Presenter |
| Eleanor Robson | Self - Cambridge University |
| Leonhard Euler | Self - Ancestor of Leonhard Euler |
| Jackie Stedall | Self - Newton fan, Oxford University |
| Samuel Patterson | Self - Mathematician |
| Samuel Patterson | Self - Göttingen University |
| Annette Imhausen | Self - Cambridge University |
| Sylvie Garnier | Self - Maison Musée René Descartes |
| Gygorgy Kovacs | Self - Curator, Bolyai Museum |
| Daniel Bernoulli | Self - Professor of Geology |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Language of the Universe | Monday, 06 October 2008 |
| 2 | The Genius of the East | Monday, 13 October 2008 |
| 3 | The Frontiers of Space | Monday, 20 October 2008 |
| 4 | To Infinity and Beyond | Monday, 27 October 2008 |
Directors
David Berry, Robin Dashwood, Karen McGann
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Marcus du Sautoy | Self - Presenter |
| Eleanor Robson | Self - Cambridge University |
| Leonhard Euler | Self - Ancestor of Leonhard Euler |
| Jackie Stedall | Self - Newton fan, Oxford University |
| Samuel Patterson | Self - Mathematician |
| Samuel Patterson | Self - Göttingen University |
| Annette Imhausen | Self - Cambridge University |
| Sylvie Garnier | Self - Maison Musée René Descartes |
| Gygorgy Kovacs | Self - Curator, Bolyai Museum |
| Daniel Bernoulli | Self - Professor of Geology |
| Henk Bos | Self - Prof., Utrecht University & Aarhus University |
| Yuri Matiyasevich | Self - Mathematician |
| Erwin Stein | Self - Prof., Hannover University |
| Christopher Anagnostakis | Himself / Self - Albertus Magnus College |
| Nikolai Vavilov | Self - Prof., St. Petersburg State University |
| Joe Dauben | Self - Mathematician |
| June Barrow-Green | Self - Mathematician |
| John Britton | Self - Yale University |
| Fritz Nagel | Self - Director, Bernoulli Archive |
| Jim Carlson | Self - Clay Mathematics Institute |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| David Okuefuna | Executive Producer |
| Catherine McCarthy | Executive Producer |
| Kim Duke | Producer |
| Robin Dashwood | Producer |
| David Berry | Producer |
| Christina Lowry | Producer |
| Krysia Derecki | Producer |
| Kemi Majekodunmi | Producer |
| Karen McGann | Producer |
