NOVA leads viewers on a mathematical mystery tour -- a provocative exploration of math's astonishing power across the centuries. We discover math's signature in the swirl of a nautilus shell, the whirlpool of a galaxy and the spiral in the center of a sunflower. Math was essential to everything from the first wireless radio transmissions to the prediction and discovery of the Higgs boson and the successful landing of rovers on Mars. But where does math get its power? Astrophysicist and writer Mario Livio, along with a colorful cast of mathematicians, physicists and engineers, follows math from Pythagoras to Einstein and beyond, all leading to the ultimate riddle: Is math an invention or a discovery? Humankind's clever trick or the language of the universe?
Production | Richard Reisz | Producer |
Production | Dan McCabe | Producer |
Directing | Dan McCabe | Director |
Directing | Richard Reisz | Director |
Production | Chris Schmidt | Executive Producer |
Camera | Stephen McCarthy | Camera Operator |
Crew | Farley Crawford | Production Office Assistant |
Visual Effects | Ekin Akalin | Animation Director |
Editing | Brian Truglio | Editor |
Editing | Guy Tetzner | Editor |
Production | Karinna Sjo-Gaber | Associate Producer |
Sound | Peter Eason | Sound Recordist |
Sound | Caleb Mose | Sound Recordist |
Sound | Ben Turney | Sound Recordist |
Production | George Hodges | Production Manager |
Camera | Gary Henoch | Camera Operator |
Art | Leanne Dare | Art Direction |
Crew | Danny Morgan | Production Office Assistant |
Production | Cara Feinberg | Associate Producer |
Production | Linda Callahan | Production Coordinator |
Production | Kevin Young | Supervising Producer |
Editing | Dan McCabe | Editor |
Sound | Glenn Berkovitz | Sound Recordist |
Camera | Thomas Danielczik | Camera Operator |
Sound | Steve Bores | Sound Recordist |
Sound | Mike Duffield | Sound Recordist |
Sound | David Keene | Sound Recordist |
Crew | Jon Gregory | Production Office Assistant |
Crew | Abigail McCabe | Production Office Assistant |
Camera | Colin Clarke | Camera Operator |
Editing | Elliott Choi | Assistant Editor |
Writing | Dan McCabe | Writer |
Sound | Matt Norman | Original Music Composer |