The Code: Series 1

The BBC's three part documentary, presented by mathematics expert Professor Marcus du Sautoy as he goes in search of a mysterious code: the numbers, shapes and patterns that govern the world around us. The three episodes are:

Numbers - du Sautoy reveals a hidden numerical code that underpins all nature. A code that has the power to explain everything, from the numbers and shapes we see all around us to the rules that govern our own lives.

Shapes - Starting at the hexagonal columns of Northern Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway, du Sautoy discovers the code underpinning the extraordinary order found in nature - from rock formations to honeycomb and from salt crystals to soap bubbles.

Prediction - du Sautoy enters the strange world of what happens next. His odyssey starts with the lunar eclipse – once thought supernatural, now routinely predicted through the power of the code. But more intriguing is what the code can say about our future. Along the path to enlightenment, du Sautoy discovers that the answer to life, the universe and everything isn’t 42 after all - it’s 1.15.

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