The Frontiers of Space

الموسم 1، الحلقة 3: In 17th Century Europe a mathematical revolution was taking place. Descartes was fusing math and philosophy, Newton was developing calculus and Fermat developed his theorem that would baffle mathematicians for more than 350 years. In the latest chapter of this enthralling BBC science documentary, Marcus du Sautoy considers what it was about this time that saw such brilliant minds collide.