Mathematics is the queen of Sciences

An exploration of mathematics, including where it comes from and why it explains the physical world; and whether it’s a human invention or a hidden language of the universe.
Aired on 15 Apr 2015, on PBS network's NOVA program series, this is a collector's item!

[jimphilipp]

Math has always been my refuge when the world was too much to deal with. As an elementary student I fell in love with math. It was the one subject where the teacher couldn’t criticize with subjective opinion. Either one is correct or is not and it is provable! Math has always provided the truth when everything else obscures the truth. Math has made me successful in engineering, management, and investing. I just love math!

[ricoramos]

A mathematics homework brought me here (we were required to watch this), and never have been a video made me appreciate math so much. Thank you very much for posting this video online and sharing it to the world.

[hdheartbeats]

The funny thing about maths is the more you learn the more you love it. I loathed mathematics when in 8th and 9th cause I never understood it much and always less marks(literally second last of all subjects) but in 10th due to one chapter I practiced it alot and my performance grew so much that in 12th I got highest marks in it, it felt like a piece of cake! 😀😀

[eurika]

This is why I have massive respect for scientists and people who has discovered the laws of nature in existence. Solving a (?) and inventing/creating an equation requires high intellectual function.

[kingiburu]

This was my greatest question growing up. While every one was getting good grades I was stuck thinking why? And I suffered because of my questions. I'm glad that I am older and that I have not lost hope in math. I know I'll die with math in my head... and music.

[enockonkarabile]

Im here again after 7 years of this video being released

I was busy remembering the line
" mathematics works so well to explain reality actually because mathematics is all that it is"

[vozamaraktv-art]

Just wow!! Whoever is behind the making of this video, all of them deserve so much praise and recognition for it. This video should be preserved in a museum!

[soleilsun]

I have a love hate relationship with maths, I hate doing it but I’m ready to watch a whole documentary about her.

[alex_bor]

I'm a second year math mayor and let me tell you that math still blows my mind on the daily. Everything, and I mean truly everything can be understood with math. It's the foundation of our universe and how we look at things. There are no words that can describe the shear beauty of it all and I feel honoured to be part of the lucky few who had good teachers and the motivation to understand all of this. To all the things we know and maybe even more important, all the things we don't know.

[HawthorneHillNaturePreserve]

I truly believe that introduction to subjects like math and the other sciences is so critical. But the teacher or way of presenting the subject matter is so central in the student’s ability to understand and apply. I’m a big Sean Carroll fan! I have had a few teachers in my life like him who make it a joy to learn. They almost spoon feed you with their own passion of the subject matter. It becomes infections.

[flash]

Mathematics was inherent to the universe before we (humans) showed up. Mathematics is not a human invention. We simply have the ability to understand and explain it. To say we invented it is egocentric at best.

[rosh]

Although, Math may not (at least not yet) answer all the questions of the Universe, it is a 'language' which speaks and demystifies many phenomena around us. The fact that we humans, have been able to decode so much around us through Math, is a testament to both our thinking (brains) and to Math. Very informative and engaging video. Thanks for sharing.

[iffatzahra]

Calculus, the most important branch of math, was actually started due to problems of physics, and i believe "physics is emotion and math is its expression "

[irshadahmadkhan]

I am very interested in learning mathematics. Unfortunately, I did not learn mathematics well in my early education. Because mathematics teachers were not available. Today, whenever I see someone teaching mathematics, I feel great. Thank you very much for your kind effort.

[masonwangadventures]

Love this mathematics documentary video and enjoyed watching it. Thanks for sharing to the world. I learned a lot from this video. I am a student who likes mathematics because I love solving different equations, graphing linear equations, counting different money from all over the world and doing word problems too. I think mathematics is very important to the world and numbers too because we need it to calculate different math problems like buying food with money and solving it, so we know how much it cost / the total cost.

[mr.nobody]

Documentaries like this usually increase my passion through the science !

[srirammahalingam]

I never really liked Maths, But after watching this video i learnt the importance of Maths. Thank You

[vanwool]

If someone had showed me this video when I was a kid my life would have turned out very differently. It’s a testament to the utter failure of our (U.S.) education system that most people go through math thinking it’s boring and useless.

[roadapples]

"The changed cross"is a poem that tells of a weary woman who thought that the cross she must bear surely was heavier than those of other people, so she wished she could choose another persons' instead.When she went to sleep, she dreamed she was taken to a place where there were many different crosses from which to choose.There were various shapes and sizes, but the most beautiful one was covered with jewels and gold."This I could wear with comfort, "she said.So she picked it up, but her weak body staggered beneath its' weight.The gold and jewels were beautiful, yet they were much too heavy for her to carry.
The next cross she noticed was quite lovely, with beautiful flowers entwined around its' sculptered form.Surely this was the one for her.She lifted it, but beneath the flowers were large thorns that pierced and tore her skin.
Finally she came to a plain cross without jewels or any carvings and with only a few words of love inscribed on it.When she picked it up, it proved to be better than all the rest, and the easiest to carry.And as she looked at it, she noticed it was bathed in a radiance that fell from heaven.Then she recognized it as her own old cross.She had found it once again, and it was the best of all, and thelightest for her.
You see, God knows best what cross we need to bear, and we never know how heavy someone elses cross may be.We envy someone who is rich, with a cross of gold adorned with jewels, but we do not know how heavy it is.We look at someone whose life seems so easy and who carries a cross covered with flowers.Yet if we could actually test all the crosses we think are lighter than ours, we would never find one better suited for us than our own.

[duelxx]

"If you formulate a question properly, mathematics gives you the answer, like having a servant far more capable than you are" best description I've ever came across