Music of the Spheres The Ascent of Man : Season 1 Episode 5
BBC Two 50m
Aired: February 4th, 1975 @ 12:00 AM EST on BBC Two
Program covers the evolution of math. Pythagoras, father of Greek math, considered numbers the language of nature. Follows spread of Greek ideas through the Islamic Empire to Moorish Spain and Renaissance Europe. Explores the alliance of math to music, astronomy, and painting.
