Beauty of Diagrams, The

Synopsis: Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy illustrates that, far from being a reluctant visual medium, science is actually at the forefront of many of the world’s most iconic and revolutionary designs. In THE BEAUTY OF DIAGRAMS, Marcus creatively navigates his way through numerous diagrams, graphs and sketches, from Newton’s Prism and Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man to Watson and Crick’s diagram of the DNA Double Helix, he shows how they defined and shaped complex scientific theories, and came to be accepted as astonishing images in their own right.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2010
Notes: Each part is also available to buy separately [£195.00 + VAT, + P&P].
Subjects: Mathematics
Keywords: Copernicus, Nicolaus; Crick, Francis H C; DNA; history of mathematics; mathematicians; Newton, Isaac; Nightingale, Florence; numbers; Watson, James D; da Vinci, Leonardo (1452-1519); diagrams

Title: Newton & Nightingale
Synopsis: Isaac Newton’s ideas are examined and we are shown how Florence Nightingale’s pioneering Rose Diagram saved thousands of lives.
Title: Vitruvian Man & DNA
Synopsis: Isaac Newton’s ideas are examined and we are shown how Florence Nightingale’s pioneering Rose Diagram saved thousands of lives.
Title: Copernicus & Pioneer Plaque
Synopsis: In 1543, a diagram drawn by a Polish priest revealed to the world a new idea, which forever changed our understanding of the cosmos.

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