In our story #22, we put the spotlight on ‘The Code’.
The Code is a mathematics-based documentary TV programme for BBC presented by Oxford University professor Marcus du Sautoy.
This three-part documentary is much more than a series about the role math plays in our world. The Code also included a series of online challenges forming a treasure hunt, with clues to finding the treasure being included in the episodes, online games and other challenges. Each episode covered a different branch of mathematics.
The objective of the documentary was to expand participants' understanding of basic principles of math. It also explores how the natural world conforms to and can be explained by mathematical codes.
The treasure hunt was a series of online mathematical challenges that the BBC planned to offer to the 1000 participants selected from among people who had applied to participate via Twitter or email. There were three stages to the treasure hunt: The Codebreakers, the Ultimate Challenge, and the Finale. The treasure, a specially commissioned mathematical sculpture of the platonic solids , was won by Pete Ryland in the Finale.
Do give it a watch!
Sources:
<1> The Code - documentary.
<2> Wikipedia.
<3> Google images.
#math #mathstories #mathnmovies #mathnbooks #thecode #documentary #story22
The Code is a mathematics-based documentary TV programme for BBC presented by Oxford University professor Marcus du Sautoy.
This three-part documentary is much more than a series about the role math plays in our world. The Code also included a series of online challenges forming a treasure hunt, with clues to finding the treasure being included in the episodes, online games and other challenges. Each episode covered a different branch of mathematics.
The objective of the documentary was to expand participants' understanding of basic principles of math. It also explores how the natural world conforms to and can be explained by mathematical codes.
The treasure hunt was a series of online mathematical challenges that the BBC planned to offer to the 1000 participants selected from among people who had applied to participate via Twitter or email. There were three stages to the treasure hunt: The Codebreakers, the Ultimate Challenge, and the Finale. The treasure, a specially commissioned mathematical sculpture of the platonic solids , was won by Pete Ryland in the Finale.
Do give it a watch!
Sources:
<1> The Code - documentary.
<2> Wikipedia.
<3> Google images.
#math #mathstories #mathnmovies #mathnbooks #thecode #documentary #story22
